by Chris Manion | Jun 6, 2020 | Blog, Writing
One writing tip I hear over and over again is to prioritize writing every day if you can. I hadn’t done that this year but I did do one thing that revitalized my writing in 2019: I completed a whole month of writing for NaNoWriMo.. In November 2019, I took my...
by Chris Manion | Jul 6, 2019 | Blog
Scripture teaches about first fruits. Stephen Covey teaches the concept of first things first in his best selling book, 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. The latter is a principle I’ve tried to follow over the past thirty years when prioritizing my tasks,...
by Chris Manion | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog, Writing
Some people call it intuition. Granted, we all have that to a greater or lesser degree. Have you ever wondered though, if something else was at work when you had a particular thought? As if some part of you was responding to … something or Someone? Do you have...
by Chris Manion | Sep 9, 2018 | Blog, Writing
Help! her spirit whispered inside her. She needed help but hesitated to ask for it. One of my writer friends found herself stuck recently with a deadline looming. Amy, a friend of hers, possessed skills that could help her, but she hesitated to ask. Amy had so much on...
by Chris Manion | Jun 4, 2017 | Writing
At a meeting years ago in River Forest, IL where I used to live, Ed Jeep asked the group: “Who do you pray to: The Father, The Son or The Holy Spirit?” Of the ten or twelve people in the Lawrence’s living room that night, I remember being the only...