Author James Preston discusses why libraries still matter and how self-published authors can get their books into libraries.

by Tasha Seegmiller I’m in A LOT of Facebook writing groups. I suspect I’m not alone in this. It’s actually one of my favorite things about social media.  One of the perks of being in so many groups is I get to see what people are wondering about. And the thing that has been showing up […]

by Tiffany Yates Martin I’ve been thinking a lot lately about mental states—especially for writers.  I don’t just mean in the current divisive, angry atmosphere that seems to have taken over so much of our world events, politics, even snarky neighbor exchanges on NextDoor—although that’s certainly corrosive and omnipresent enough. But life often offers a […]

Lainey Cameron You know what breaks my heart as a fellow writer? When I read tweets like these in the morning, I want to sob into my cereal: “I just discovered that I lost my 1st draft manuscript of 50k words... because my backup went weird and it wiped all my writing.” “LOST. THE. OPENING. […]

Margie Lawson Hellooo, Writers — I’m excited to share some truly stellar examples in this blog. I’ve guest blogged for WITS 30+ times and worked hard to make sure my blogs are power-packed with tips and techniques, examples and analyses. Every teaching point is there to help you make your writing bestseller strong. I’m always […]