Laura Drake shows how vulnerability matters to your stories and your readers, and why you should take her dare to dig deep.

Author and cover designer Melinda VanLone addresses what a book cover is and what it isn't and how to grab your ideal reader with the right cover.

Piper Bayard breaks down what you need to know about the backstory so you can convey the core information about your characters and world to your reader.

Openings are so important in a novel, to hook the reader and keep them reading. The WITS hostesses share opening lines from our WIPs and ask you to share yours!

by Lisa Hall-Wilson Shame is one of the most powerful and underused emotions in a fiction-writer’s toolbox. Shame is pervasive and common, it’s ugly and hard to capture well. Readers cheer for characters who are relate-able. They cheer for characters who stand up to bullies, who stay and fight when they don’t have to. They […]