Uber-editor, Tiffany Yates Martin, tackles the most common demons that slay writers, with actionable tips on overcoming them. (You can do it!)

Eldred Bird shows writers how to dig into a character's backstory to find out where they hid the bodies.

Melinda VanLone talks book cover strategy. When and why should you redesign them? Traditional publishers know the tricks for th. Indie authors should too.

Does your book have solid ideas, but no actual story? This post from Janice Hardy shows you how to discover and develop the story within the premise.

Kathleen Baldwin, author of A SCHOOL FOR UNUSUAL GIRLS, makes an unusually strong case for when to use the much-maligned WAS.