Blogger: Mary Keeley
Our offices are officially closed for the Christmas holidays until January 3, because like you, we need time to focus on our families. I posted the following blog last year at this time, and it’s a worthwhile …
Life
Show a Little Love
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Lately, I’ve noted a common thread standing out in whatever I pick up to read and even in casual conversations. This thread usually isn’t the main theme in any of these but more like a consistent whisper …
Relax. Really.
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Each of us is wired differently, but one aspect we all have in common: Certain activities relieve stress. When life overflows with tension–the holiday season can be anything but jolly; the year’s end can weigh heavy …
Celebrating Christian Writers
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Yesterday a PW Daily article reported that “adult book sales fell in the first half of 2016” compared to the same time period last year, 2.8 percent to be exact. Sounds like more discouraging news, doesn’t it. …
Book Collector?
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Books as disposables. Nothing could be sadder.
In our minimalist age people are not collecting books like they once did. It’s a trend I’m mourning. Books are such treasures. When I did research on the life of …
The Simplification Mindset
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Recently, I read a Harvard Business Review online article by Jeff Rodman, a corporate co-founder. The title, “How I Built a $2 Billion Company by Thinking Small,” is what first caught my eye. This type of topic …
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Unless you live in a cave you have been bombarded with negative, anxiety-producing information of late. Brexit marks the end of the EU. The stock market has never been so volatile. The upcoming United States election promises …
America the Beautiful
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
To commemorate our country’s Independence Day, I’m pondering the words of “America the Beautiful.” I haven’t given the lyrics much thought for a long time so, on re-reading them, I was struck anew by what a …
Quotes for Your Contemplation
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson, often referred to as one of today’s greatest living scientists, has a wonderful TED talk, Advice to Young Scientists, which is a taste of his 2014 book, Letters to a …
Your Work Style
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week I wrote about productivity and word counts. Today I’d like to examine work style. Nothing seems harder than actually getting down to the work of writing. Writers are constantly alternating between feeling waves of guilt …