Author and cover designer Melinda VanLone addresses what a book cover is and what it isn't and how to grab your ideal reader with the right cover.

Piper Bayard breaks down what you need to know about the backstory so you can convey the core information about your characters and world to your reader.

Kerry Schafer addresses imposter syndrome, the feeling that you're not really a writer, and prescribes five steps we can take to embrace our writer identity.

by Kathryn Craft I’ve written here before about the importance of community in carrying our writing careers forward and I stand by that advice. You’ve only gotten where you are because of the hands you’ve held. But no one community may be able to carry the upwardly mobile among you all the way to your goal. […]

by Tasha Seegmiller About two years ago, my husband got the idea to start a cotton candy business. We bought a machine, played around with flavors and techniques and materials and during the local Fourth of July parade 2017, we opened for business.  Not quite two years later, and we are merging that in with […]