Alpha males sell books, especially romance novels. Laurie Schnebly Campbell covers the pros and cons of alpha males and why readers like them.

Eldred Bird explains the "What If Game" for writers. This post includes the rules of the game (there aren't any!) and describes tools that can help.

Barbara Linn Probst offers tricks for "killing your darlings" in fiction, and for giving those dead darlings new life.

Becca Puglisi, co-author of The Emotion Thesaurus, explores Compassion Fatigue as an element to shape your characters. What is it, and how can you use it?

Lori Freeland shares examples of how writers can paint word pictures and wow readers by layering their stories with the five key elements for great fiction.