“Say What?” Writing Words to Be Spoken, by Rick Horowitz
A few weeks ago, certified professional speaker and author Mandi Stanley spoke to the Write Now! Mastermind class on how we can use enhance our... Read More
Writers Who Speak & Speakers Who Write: One Certified Speaking Professional’s Strategy for Staying “Booked” by Mandi Stanley, CSP
I met Mandi Stanley this summer at the Mississippi Writer’s Guild Conference. She gave a brilliant talk on how to wow an audience. Immediately, I... Read More
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
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
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Wait Write Here
Yesterday I took a writer’s mini-retreat. Unfortunately, it was a 5-hour visit to the ER with my daughter. She’s fine. I’m tired. But I did... Read More
Does Your Idea Work?
Ideas are cheap and abundant; what is of value is the effective placement of those ideas into situations that develop into action. –Peter F. Drucker... Read More