Prayers from our Prayer Team
December Prayer Time
Go Get Ice Cream! By Susie Finkbeiner
Several years ago, while writing my fourth novel, I found myself completely stuck. I sat in front of my computer and realized that I had nothing. No words, no ideas. Zilch. Nada. Nil. The problem was that my deadline was less than a week away
Cascade Writing Contest Finalists 2024
2024 Cascade Writing Contest Finalists
Article, Column, Nonfiction Short Story
- Denise E. Arzoian “Pebbles in My Heart”
- Rindy Fleming “Painter of the Sky”
- Debra K. Kornfield “Two Minutes”
- Sherri Langton “Almost Heaven”
Poetry
- Nancy Jean Aguilar “A Cell Phone Psalm”
- Laquita
Setting the Goals that Will Make Your Writing Dreams a Reality: An Interview with James L. Rubart from 2012.
One successful author’s advice from our archives remains timeless.
This excerpt has been updated from a 2012 interview.
Since this original interview from a few years back, James L. Rubart has gone on to make even more of his writing dreams a reality.
What to Do When You’re Stuck By Amanda Dykes
Have you been there? Despite the swirl of ideas and the desire to spin them into a story, when you sit down . . . the words don’t come. Or if they do, they aren’t the one you were hoping for. Perhaps you’re blocked, or
Write to Engage the Senses by Terry Glaspey
by Terry Glaspey
The books we all remember most clearly are those that most fully engage our senses—the ones that awaken our sense of seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and even tasting. The reading that stays with me