Does any of this work actually even matter?
When the year started, I prayed for stability. Between a rough pregnancy and a tricky transition to two kids, I yearned for a steady...
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What do you need to make your writing better--a line or copyedit?
Kids have impacted me in every way. I can now survive on a handful hours of sleep. Finding a toddler’s shoe takes approximately one hour....
What are beta readers? (And do you need them?)
If you’ve been around here for long, you know that I love to bang the “feedback” drum. The more of the *right* people you add to your...
Set Yourself up for Success with your Editor with These Four Tips
If you’ve been around at all, you’ve heard me talk about my nightmare experience with one of my first editors. She marked up my article...
What Every Author Ought to Know about These 6 Self-Publishing Myths
Anyone else have mixed feelings about Shark Tank? I’ve stopped watching it because my sensitive little soul aches for the entrepreneurs...
Why I Still Think Writing Craft Matters
I remember the first time I put on glasses. I was in the fifth grade and couldn’t see the board even from the front row. My mom didn’t...
3 Practical Ways to Know if You’re Self-Sabotaging and How to Stop It
In 2020, God laid on my heart to lead a small, struggling ministry at our church for women enduring miscarriage and infertility. My...
Adopt These Storytelling Techniques and Become a Better Nonfiction Writer
I was a bored thirteen-year-old bookworm, staring down the barrel of a four-hour long flight without a book. My mom could see the...
5 Reasons Why You Should Absolutely Write a Book Proposal (Even if You’re Self-Publishing)
Was that an aggravated groan I heard? I know, friend. Writing a book proposal is hard work. It’s like sticking green painter’s tape to...
How to Self-Publish Your Book for the First Time with Confidence: A Checklist
Self-publishing offers a level of control no other publishing option can rival. Control over your content, yes. But also, control over...
What should you pay for to make progress this year?
Hellooooo new year, fresh goals, and crisp planner pages! Anyone else riding the holiday highs straight into a new writing project with...
11 Delightful Gifts for Writers to Make Progress: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
I don’t know about you but I regularly need affirmations that my writing matters. Between changing dirty diapers and stressing over...
The Three Fundamentals of a Good Book People Will Treasure
I’ve edited dozens of manuscripts, written hundreds of articles and devotionals, and read at least a thousand books in my life and...
How to be a successful writer: the one distinguishing factor
Your book proposal bombed…again. Someone else already published your book idea. You can’t find the time to write. Do you feel like your...
8 of my Favorite Fiction + Nonfiction Reads of the Year
One of my favorite pieces of writing advice is to read a lot. Noooo problem. While I’m enjoying a fascinating story, I’m also building up...
8 Prayers to Strengthen Your Writing Life
Sitting down day after day to put words to a page. Daring to expose vulnerable thoughts and revealing stories. Fighting your inner...
3 (Kind of) Easy Steps to Follow When You Have Too Many Book Ideas
Hi, my name is Mikaela, and I have an addiction to book ideas. They come in waves, while talking with a friend or washing my hair in the...
Keep it Simple: an Instagram Strategist's Best Advice for Your Success
A few weeks ago, I posted on the mindset shifts I've made that help me LOVE logging into Instagram. So many of you resonated with those...
Beware the lie your writing doesn't matter. Here's why.
I’ve wanted to publish a book since I could write my name. As a pre-teen scribbling Newsies fan fiction, as a teenager imagining the...
5 Journal Prompts For When You Want More Contentment, Less Jealousy
One of my favorite parts of the writing life is connecting with fellow authors. Discussing the writing craft over in-real-life coffee or...
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