Here's Shannon Donnelly with 12 tips to help you gather "just enough" details for your story! ************* There's a dilemma that faces every writer of fiction—when is enough enough? When do you need more details to help the reader “see” the scene? And when do the details become distracting devils? The answer seems obvious: When […]

Last Fall we started the WriterStrong series to delve deeply into the strengths writers must have for strong careers. Social media and internet savvy is part of the job requirement for today's authors.  Today's post gets to the nitty-gritty on one important aspect of your author website or blog. Jami's two-part series of how-to tips will help […]

by Jenny Hansen There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. ~W. Somerset Maugham Novel writing isn't for sissies. I know we've talked about this before. I've even brought you people like Margie Lawson, Susan Mallery and Stephen J. Cannell who know way more than I do on the […]

As the March blog mistress here at WITS, I'm taking a page out of my personal blog's playbook and marking the beginning of Spring with a celebration of you. You're going to get the chance to come out and play in the comments section today. [Hey! I saw all you introverts go diving under your […]

Writers In The Storm is delighted to welcome back Elizabeth Craig, one of the most giving writers we know. She released her latest Southern Quilting Mystery last month and stopped by WITS to help the rest of us take some of the guesswork out of writing mysteries. ************ By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig So you’re a big mystery […]