Today we're excited to have with us Judy Duarte, two-time RITA finalist and author of over 40 novels. And she comes bearing gifts! Judy will give away a copy of her latest book, CHRISTMAS ON NUTCRACKER COURT to a lucky commenter! Here's Judy: I can’t remember when I first dreamed of writing a book, but […]

Charlotte’s latest book, Big Sky Family is out October 19th  – If you’ve read her, I don’t have to tell you how wonderful her stories are. If you haven’t, do yourself a favor and pick it up!  Here's Char: The creation of a book cover is a collaboration of the author (most of whom claim […]

By Florence Fois I would like to thank Laura Drake and those here at WITS for this gracious invitation to share my journey. I have spent many a happy hour reading the talented women who contribute to this blog and feel honored to be counted in their company. ################ Once upon a time, a little […]

by Tiffany Lawson Inman I picked up Harlan Coben’s CAUGHT with the express knowledge that I would find a high intensity/high emotion scene to showcase for another Dramatic Dissection. Why did I think that?  Because of his prologue.  The beginning of this book is darn delicious.  Most of his passages have more power than I’ve […]

by Sharla Rae - (Here's a link to Part 1 in this series!) As we discussed in the last post, for the writer who enjoys history, researching is often the best part of writing a historical novel. The other day, we discussed building the framework. Today we're going to "fill in the rest." Below are a […]