For anyone interested writing for the Christian market, I highly recommend checking out The Christian Writers Market Guide: The great part about this series (I’m going to call it a series because they publish one yearly to keep current with the market) […]

The First Line Literary Journal is really fun.  I love seeing what kinds of stories other writers come up with all from the same, first line.  From romance, to adventure, to emotional, to quirky.  Funny, uplifting to sad, dystopian.  They all originated […]

Chicken Soup for the Soul is on the lookout for stories that have to do with the winter holidays!  This includes, but is not limited to, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, etc.  Examples of what they are looking for include family traditions (sweet, […]

ScreaminMamas is a magazine that describes themselves as “the voice of everyday moms.”  Everything in their magazine revolves around being a mom.  From hilarious stories, to rants, to mom loved recipes, to fiction, to poems.  It’s all about moms. Starting July 1, […]

Chicken Soup for the Soul is on the lookout for funny, nonfiction stories!  Examples of what they are looking for include animals being funny, people being funny, goofs, embarrassments, etc.  Did you say something at the wrong time or something that came […]

Chicken Soup for the Soul books are great.  You can sit down with a cup of tea and read one, three, a dozen, or all 101 stories in each book at a time. What’s also great is submitting to them.  And they […]

Ah, the dreaded query… You either hate them or don’t really care about them.  I have yet to meet anyone who actually loves writing a query letter, but have met plenty of writers who want to vent about them. In essence, a […]

Hurray! Highlights High Five is accepting! Highlights High Five is a magazine for readers ages 2 to 6.  They are currently accepting submissions from now until July 14, 2025, so this is a short window.  On their submittable page, if you click […]

I’m very excited to announce that another of my short stories, “He Brought Back My Dad’s Smile,” has been published in the latest Chicken Soup for the Soul book, What I Learned from My Dog When my mother passed away, the heartbreak […]