I openly admit that I’ve been lacking motivation lately. I haven’t written or even edited much of anything in the past five months. First it was the holiday season. Then it was work and personal issues that I claimed got in the way. The truth is that it's tough to...

Following is an absolutely fantastic article from an author I both greatly admire and deeply respect. A couple of years ago, I exchanged several emails with David and found him to be the 'real deal'—genuinely nice and earnestly interested in helping other authors. On...