By Susan King
1. Reach: Magazines have the potential to reach more people with your message. For instance, if you’re published in The Upper Room, with more than three million subscribers, you reach a readership
By Sarah Thebarge
I started writing when I was in elementary school and my younger sister was diagnosed with a serious heart condition. She underwent two open-heart surgeries and spent many months in the hospital. My parents
by Donald Maass
Wonderful. Wouldn’t it be marvelous if readers used that adjective to describe your current novel? Or your every novel? Is that possible?
Let’s start by breaking down the experience of wonder. What does it
Quick Note: Many of these accomplishments are a direct result of contacts made at an OCW summer conference.
Susan Bates, of Beaverton, had her devotional, “A Mother’s Legacy,” published in The Upper Room on May 13.
Taylor Bennett, of
Karen Barnett, of Albany, and Jill Williamson, of Vancouver, Washington, are on the shortlist for this year’s INSPY awards—Karen for The Road to Paradise in historical fiction and Jill for King’s Blood in speculative fiction.
Heather FitzGerald, of Azle,
by Leslie Gould
Although writing can be a solitary pursuit, the results are better if it’s not—at least not entirely. Establishing a support system will help move your writing forward.
My debut novel was published 15 years ago. Over
