Super-editor, Tiffany Yates-Martin shares strategies for getting "un-stuck" when your writing stalls.

Lisa Hall-Wilson offers solid tips and ideas for writing alpha female characters who are believable AND likable.

by Kristen Lamb Book sales. This is what everyone wants to learn about, so Writers in the Storm has been kind enough to let me proselytize here. Most of us are continuously asking the same question. How do we get readers to find, love and buy books? Over on my blog I posted one answer […]

by Becca Puglisi I’ve been thinking a lot about dialogue lately, because when it’s done poorly, it pulls me right out of the story. There are a lot of issues that contribute to weak dialogue: incorrect mechanics, stilted speech, characters calling each other repeatedly by name (Hi, Bob. Hey, Mary. Could you help me with […]

by Tiffany Yates Martin Author Liz Fenton—half of the writing team, with Lisa Steinke, behind bestselling novels like The Good Widow—recently told me about her fitness regimen at Orange Theory. “I hate working out!” she said. She dreads it every time she goes, and doesn’t enjoy it while she’s there. “But I love the way my shoulders […]