What’s Your Favorite Winter Solstice Story?

Submissions to Show Off: Winter Solstice are closed. Forty of you battled through your fear of failure and submitted something to the contest. That, in itself, is a huge accomplishment. You should be proud. Submitting work is no easy thing. I once submitted a story to...

“Show Off” Writing Contest: Winter Solstice

Once a month, we stop practicing and invite you to show off your best work. This might be for you if: You want to be published (in print) You want to drastically improve your writing You enjoy a little competition You like the Write Practice You in? Show Off Your Best...

Your Favorite Christmas Story

Well, submissions for our “Show Off” Writing Contest are now closed. I'm excited to tell you seventeen of you decided to submit your Christmas story to the contest, with a total of eighteen stories (yes, one of you submitted twice—you know who you are—it...

Today is a Big Day

Every day is a big day. Today, the trees are bare in Georgia. I see the white bark and skeletal branches from my window. Today, Talia will smile at me and we'll talk about our days. I will call my parents to see how their flight home was. Today, I will be alive, and...

How to Find a Unifying Theme For Your Blog

Everyone from Copyblogger to my friend Jeff Goins says that one of the best way for your blog to be successful is to find a unifying theme to write about. For example, this blog focuses on how to improve your creative writing. Pioneer Woman's blog is about how to be...