Writers Read Children’s’ Books by Jonathan Fenske
Writers, can you remember falling in love with picture books? I do. I have distinct memories of wanting to crawl into the scenes of some... Read More
Size Surprise!: Digital Publishing and Ereaders Make Story Size Meaningless by Elizabeth Cole
Today’s guest blog post by romance author Elizabeth Cole takes a look at how digital publishing may change the length of our books. Read on... Read More
Five Writing Tips Inspired by Jane Austen by Jane Nardin
I’m delighted to welcome author and professor Jane Nardin to the blog who has brilliant advice for us from Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice.... Read More
Writers@Work: Prison Stories by Elaine Blanchard
I met Elaine Blanchard in 2006 at Washington National Cathedral’s College of Preachers. We’d both received fellowships to study writing. After long days of writing,... Read More
Who Are You: Characters That Stand Out To Readers by Angela Ackerman
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Angela Ackerman to the blog. She’s an insightful writer and blogger who is the coauthor of The Emotion Thesaurus: A... Read More
Writers Read: Noir by Evan Guilford-Blake
I met Evan Guilford-Blake this summer at the Mississippi Writer’s Guild conference . He’s an award-winning playwright, the author of a brand-new noir novel, Noir(ish),... Read More
Learning to Write Faster By Joyce Lavene
I was thrilled to meet Joyce Lavene on Twitter for two reasons. First, I had read some of the books she wrote with her husband,... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Connect the dots to conquer creative blocks by Jocelyn Koehler
When I first read Jocelyn Koehler’s post, I was hopelessly behind the recommended word count and had been staring at my NaNoWriMo project on my... Read More
The NaNoWriMo Survival Kit by Peter Andrews
So we’re eight days into this crazy NaNoWriMo challenge, and I have to ask: how are you doing? Are you rocking the word count or... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Extreme Writing by Stephanie Kilen
Whether you are a professional writer or a NaNoWriMo newbie, at some point writing begins to feel like a day job. You know what I... Read More