Are You in the Wrong Place, or Time?

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Today’s guest blogger is Jeanne Ann Macejko, a mystery writer as well as an illustrator of children’s books. She’s been a marketing/public relations professional, an English teacher, a university instructor of illustration and graphic design, and a medical illustrator/photographer. She … Continue reading

Plots, Character, & Other People’s Ideas

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Today’s Guest is Lynne Wells Walding.  Following in her father’s footsteps as a horologist, Lynne’s first writing endeavor was a self-published, instructional book on clock repair. She went on to write articles for several major slicks on antique clocks. But her … Continue reading

A Lesson from the Classics

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Today’s guest is Donn Taylor, a poet, a writer of mysteries, suspense, and historical novels as well as essays on writing, ethical issues, and U.S. foreign policy.  Wow.  He taught English literature for eighteen years following service in the Korean and Vietnam … Continue reading

The Wild Side of Writing

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Today’s guest is Deborah Dee Harper, a writer from Tennessee who graduated from Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild where Misstep was a finalist in the 2009 Operation First Novel competition.  She will be giving away a copy of Misstep … Continue reading

Come Join this Murder

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I didn’t want to get involved in murder. But she made it sound like an exciting thing.  It was going to be big.  There were some names behind it; names I would know. It would be noticed.  The press would notice.  … Continue reading

What’s It Like To Be a First Time Published Author

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A.H. (Augie) Scott has been a writer all of her life. In grade school she rewrote Charlotte Bronte’s, Wuthering Heights and Shakespeare’s, The Taming of the Shrewd, for classmates to perform in a play. Writing has always been her passion. Currently … Continue reading

Postmark from the Past

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Today, I’m interviewing Vickie Phelps, a woman who has published over 200 articles in both regional and national magazines.  She has also published five gift books with Barbour Publishing and is the co-author with Jo Huddleston of How to Write … Continue reading

Ideas, Characters, Twists, Endings

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Today, Award Winning author Vannetta Chapman writes about how stories come about, and what makes them into a book.  Vannetta has published over a hundred articles in Christian family magazines, has won dozens of awards from RMA chapters, and been … Continue reading