Note: This post contains affiliate links. I’ve read a lot of books, and I written several now. That’s given me plenty of time to think about basic questions every author has . . . or maybe should have: Is this book going to help anyone practically, or is it just going to present interesting ideas […]
[[Note: This post contains affiliate links.]] Next to my desk is a framed letter. (I’ve written about the letter for Christward Collective.) My father wrote it to me when I was eight, right before he went into his first major brain surgery. (It chills my soul to imagine writing a letter like that to my […]
What if by this time tomorrow, you were dead? (I’m not being glum — just honing in on your goal-setting.) If you could look back on what you’ve written, would you know what you’re about? Could you sequence a few words into a sentence and say, “I wanted my writing to do X?” Could you […]
Be candid for a moment. What are you after as a writer? What is it that propels you, that sets the blood running through your veins and makes your fingers itch to type? Here’s a list of common driving motives from my own experience (in no particular order). This is an embarrassing list, but repentance […]
I have been blogging consistently for less than a year now (I know—I’m about a decade late), and I’ve been following some conversations on Christian blogging from Tim Challies, Samuel James, and Trevin Wax. (Each of these pieces is worth the read, so I recommend you start there if you’re interested.) What follow are my […]
[[Note: This post contains affiliate links.]] I had some time to reflect on what’s happened to me this year as a writer (a whole lot!). Here are the top 10 things I’ve learned in 2018 (in no particular order). I hope these are helpful to you as you continue on your path, making plans and […]
In a previous article, I set down my greatest fear as a writer: sheer egoism. In this article, I want to unpack what I’ve been learning about killing the ego. That language may seem a touch violent, but I’m afraid it’s the best language to use. We don’t want to quiet the ego, or pacify […]