Christina Delay | Writers In The Storm

Could Your Writing Friend Become a Coauthor?

Julie Glover — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 08:02:00 +0000

Julie Glover shares thoughts on why you might love cowriting and how to embrace the benefits and navigate the challenges of having a coauthor.

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The Power of the Writing Tribe

Guest Blogger — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:00:02 +0000

by Christina Delay Ten years ago I was newly married, living in a new city, sans kids, and alone a LOT as the hubs was starting a new business. My community existed of my husband, a betta fish named Albie, and a hyper puppy named Trogdor the Burninator. I turned to writing. In the past […]

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The How & When of Decision Making

Guest Blogger — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:02:41 +0000

Christina Delay Authors are in a frequent state of change. In today’s world, we must flow and shift and sometimes do some fancy footwork as the season demands. Flow. Shift. Dancing. That sounds a lot like change. Change is scary. Don’t worry, stick with me. We’ll get through this together. How do we know if […]

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Change Your Path by Stepping Away

Guest Blogger — Wed, 22 May 2019 11:01:00 +0000

Christina Delay challenges authors to step away from their work in progress and shows how that can unleash even more creativity in their writing.

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Inviting Creativity Through Meditation

Guest Blogger — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:02:06 +0000

Christina Delay How many of you meditate? It’s a practice we’ve started building into our family evenings each night, and something I hope to one day be good at. Meditation is good for managing anxiety, depression, stress. It’s also good for learning to be open to new ideas and people who may be threatening to […]

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Writing When Life Is More Trick Than Treat

Guest Blogger — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:01:41 +0000

by Christina Delay How do we keep moving forward when life decides to TP our plans? In other words, how do we keep going when we hit creative burnout? In a season that my daughter likes to call “candy-tastic,” it may feel like we must throw candy around like everything’s peachy, but inside we’re dealing […]

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Build Creative Muscles - Through PLAY!

Guest Blogger — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:02:27 +0000

Christina Delay A couple of weeks ago, I filmed a video interview with my six-year-old daughter on one of the elements of creativity: play. She’s kind of an expert on play. Most kids are, but she had some really fantastic and insightful points about how adults need to relearn how to play. You can watch […]

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Living for the Writing Wins

Guest Blogger — Fri, 04 May 2018 11:00:47 +0000

Christina Delay I recently finaled in the Kiss of Death’s Daphne du Maurier contest in the Mainstream category. I’ve gotta be honest, it’s been a while since I had a win. It felt good. It FEELS good. Real good. I’ve wanted to final in this contest for years, so yes, when I got the news, […]

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The Attraction of Passion

Guest Blogger — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:02:40 +0000

Christina Delay Have you noticed the “lean-in” effect when you talk about writing to a muggle? Or how muggles and other writers smile when you explain your story idea, hands waving all over as you describe a new world, new characters, and what tickled your interest with the story in the first place? You know […]

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A Tale of Two NaNoWriMos

Guest Blogger — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:02:41 +0000

Christina Delay “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of […]

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