I’m all grown up now, and am no longer limited by a toddler’s vocabulary. Like you, I am a writer. Writers get high on stringing together words, many words. Right?

Why then is this itty-bitty two letter word becoming more difficult for me to say?

Setting Boundaries Around Your Writing by D.A. Watt This morning, while basking in the early morning quiet in my yard, I studied my little orchard of citrus trees – a navel orange, a mandarin, and a lemon. My dwarf lemon tree, over-laden with ripening fruit, bent uncomfortably, its branches pulled taut like broken bones, twigs […]

by Charlotte Carter Every writer gets rejects. But they don’t have to be demoralizing. Some years ago I was writing magazine articles. I’d allow myself ten rejects per article then moved onto something else. (I did manage to sell a ‘few’ articles, but what a struggle!) During that time I had my annual physical exam. […]

by Charlotte Carter I’ve authored more than 50 books. You’d think by now I would have a pretty good handle on how to write them.  Sometimes not so much.  I received a massive TWO PAGE revision letter on my November Love Inspired release, Big Sky Family. Yikes! The worst part is that my editor, Emily […]

by Charlotte Carter As a writer, we all want to write a satisfying ending that will leave the reader sighing with pleasure. So here are a couple of tips to help you get to The End. The ending of a story starts at the beginning of the story. 1. A character’s weaknesses and fears are […]