WITS is pleased to welcome back Sharla Lovelace! And psst, she's doing a giveaway. 🙂 Hi!  Thanks to Orly and the other peeps at WITS for having me! I was asked to talk about novellas today, and I’m excited about that.  Novellas have become the new in-trend, short little bursts of story that can be […]

NOTE: Our very own Laura Drake is teaching an online course on "Fearless Pitching," June 10-July 7. Click here for more information. Now, Let's welcome back Shannon Donnelly! First lines fall into three categories—hooks, lines, and sinkers. The sinkers are pretty obvious—they’re the dud lines, the lines that don’t help a reader into the story. […]

Note: Congratulations to Robin Kramme, winner of the giveaway by Melissa Cutler! Writers In The Storm is thrilled to welcome Steena Holmes. There’s one key aspect to writing that authors either love or hate. Promotion. We either find it exciting and can’t wait to dive in or we fortify ourselves with pots of coffee followed […]

First a quick congratulations to the winners of the two most recent giveaways: Deb Kastner and cwolffe both won a copy of Laura Drake's debut release;  Karen Duvall will be taking a Margie Lawson class! Now, please give a warm WITS welcome to Melissa Cutler (take note folks, she's doing a giveaway). I'm excited to […]

Margie Lawson is back with another can't miss blog! AND, a giveaway. Read on! Writers know SHOW DON’T TELL, but some know it cognitively. It’s rote. They know SHOW DON’T TELL the same way they know i before e except after c. Applying SHOW DON’T TELL is tougher than it seems. It’s one of Barbara […]