If one is making progress in his or her writing, that writing is constantly changing in many ways. It will be changing in content and...

Sometimes things just turn out differently than we plan. That’s life. But, if you’re like me, such unexpected changes to the plans tend...

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. But taking that first step is, admittedly, often hard. Harder for some than for...

A Chinese proverb states that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. But when? No time like the present! Do it now!...

Jordan Rosenfeld, author of numerous books, including A Writer’s Guide to Persistence, offers the following good advice for writers who...

At the recent authors forum in which I participated, the moderator asked us several thought-provoking questions. I summarized my...

Last Friday, I participated in an authors forum, or “talk,” during which the moderator asked seven or eight questions of the three of us...

I have been invited to participate in the Author Forum and Book Signing activity during the 2017 Homecoming and Family Weekend, October...

The other morning, while I was toiling through my regular routine on the treadmill and struggling with arthritis-pained knees, toes, and...

Someone recently brought to my attention the fact that this week was Freelance Writers Appreciation Week. I use the word was because the...

One learns to write by writing. But it never hurts to have guidance from someone who has already proven themselves successful at the...

Last week, I accompanied my wife to Myrtle Beach for her teachers convention. While she attended various workshops, I had my own writer’s...

By now, you know the point that I’ve been driving at in the previous four posts. Others overcame great obstacles and wrote in spite of...

The Bible tells us that the apostle Paul was arrested, tried, and punished multiple times for the sake of the gospel. He was whipped five...

At first, back in seventeenth-century England, Bunyan was just a tinker, an itinerant small businessman who sold and repaired metal...

Continuing our survey of some famous writers who refused to use their circumstances as an excuse not to write, today we consider another...

This Southern Writers Suite T blog post came out the day after the copies of my book Confederate Cabinet Departments and Secretaries...

Today, I take a brief glance backward to August 28, 2015, when I posted this article, my first effort at blogging. Much has changed since...