By J Todd McMillan
Yeah, yeah, I know . . . You’re not supposed to get cute with the title of a serious article. But that’s part of my muse construction. It’s part of knowing who I am as a writer and knowing where
by Cher Gatto
A writer’s warning about the subtle power of discouragement
The enemy has a lot of tools in his tool chest.
But the one he wields with the sharpest, finest point is discouragement. With merely the scratch of the blade, often painless, it goes
2025 Cascade Writing Contest Winners
ARTICLE, COLUMN, NONFICTION SHORT STORY
First Place
Becky Alexander
“A Little Help from JFK”
Second Place
Cecil Taylor
“The Baby Is Stronger Than Anyone Knows”
DEVOTIONAL
First Place
Barbara Culley
“Numbering Our Days”
Second Place
Laurie Allred Boyd
“In All Things”
FICTION SHORT STORY
First Place
Jackie Melvin
“Forever Person”
Second Place
Rick Taylor
“Just a Potter’s Daughter”
POETRY
First Place
Kathleen R. Ruckman
“My
By Tara Johnson
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
~ Thoreau
Each year, I meet countless people who tell me they dream of writing, but only a fraction of them take the first step. Why?
Here are
by Becky Wade
1) Let every critique you receive sway you. Ever hear that “too many cooks spoil the broth”? Sometimes it’s better to whip up something all by yourself that you absolutely LOVE than let lots of “adviser cooks” taste your recipe, comment on it, alter
by Matt Mikalatos
We spend a lot of time talking about the skills needed to be a writer and precious little talking about the character and heart writing requires.
Yes, writing is rewriting, and one must learn all the rules about commas, when to use a semicolon,
