In the age of blogs, Facebook profiles and pages, everyone is beginning to develop an opinion to share. The benefit of this technological age is that now all of those wishes, opinions and great ideas found on the Internet can be turned into polished no…

A strong narrative voice gives your fiction a distinctive flavor and makes it stand out in a slush pile. But many beginning novelists struggle with finding their narrative voice, and some opt … Read more

We’ve all received writing advice at some point in our lives. Whether it was a high school English teacher who suggested we cut back on using passive voice, a conference presenter who recommended abandoning our prologue, or a roommate who told us to ne…

What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My most recent book is The Human Cure, a young adult vampire novel with a twist. My heroine, Kate, is kidnapped by a handsome stranger and…

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We had a great show with Arielle Ford, author and publicist, who discussed her latest book as well as what she did to market this book (compared to past books). The show opened with some industry news from hosts Penny Sansevieri and Paula Krapf. A lot of publishing news these days is tied to the [...]

For this week’s prompt, write a risk poem. That is, write a poem in which either the narrator, a character, or whatever takes a risk, or in which risk is involved. For … Read more

I had a small piece of wire embedded in the tip of the “finger” finger of my left hand for about five years.I often work and play with wire, so the intrusion was not a surprise.As with most splinters I’ve gotten, I first tried to remove it wi…

This article, by Chuck Wendig, originally appeared on his terribleminds site on 2/13/12.
It seems that every book these days — or, at least, every self-published book — is popping up free for a short period of time, an act driven by inclu…

I’m getting ready to re-vision my blog. By that I mean I’m going to take a short break to brainstorm some great ideas for future posts. I want to make this a place you can stop by to pick up handy tips and inspirational messages to help …