by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 17, 2022 | Creativity, First Drafts
If you have spent much time hiking in national parks or government protected land, you may have noticed signs like these: These are areas where the park is being intentional about regrowth. The land can still flourish, but not if a bunch of us are traipsing around on...
by Jill Williamson | May 18, 2022 | Creativity, Encouragement, Learning from Other Authors, Writing Life
Jill here. I cannot believe this is my last post before we break for summer. This spring has gone by SO fast! Before I get into today’s post, I want to give you all a head’s up. Stephanie will be running the 100-for-100 Writing Challenge this summer....
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 30, 2022 | Creativity, Writing, Writing Life
When we arrived home from our spring break trip a few weeks ago, my husband tasked the older two kids with cleaning out the camper. I ran to the grocery store and came back to find them still hard at work, vacuuming and sanitizing. As I put away groceries, my oldest...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 2, 2022 | Creativity, Writing, Writing Life
I don’t use words like always and never very often on the blog, but I feel pretty good about stating this as an absolute: If you stick with writing for long enough, you will go through a hard season. More than one, I’m guessing. My first hard season came...
by Jill Williamson | Dec 15, 2021 | Author Life, Creativity, Encouragement, Writing Life
Self-reflection is a big part of my life. Such a topic is usually set aside for January since starting the new year with reflection makes a lot of sense. But while I had a list of topics I could’ve written about today, when I realized I was the last post of the year,...
by Shannon Dittemore | Nov 24, 2021 | Author Life, Creativity, NaNoWriMo, Writing
Author Alice Hoffman says, “Books may well be the only true magic.” It’s a lovely quote, isn’t it? Paints the book world in sparkles and shimmering daydreams. And while there are arguments to make against the idea, why would we do that? Books...