Penny Sansevieri According to a recent New York Times article, users spend an average of fifty minutes on Facebook. Fifty minutes! And though this number includes Instagram and the Facebook Messenger app, you can bet that the lion’s share is still spent  on their main platform.  Now more than ever it’s really important to turn […]

But first, an announcement~ The winner of Chuck Sambuchino's book, How To Get a Literary Agent is...morgynstarz!  Chuck will be in touch, and will send you the book. Now, on to today's blog. I’m a tight writer (I’m cheap too, but in this case, I mean no spare words), so short-short fiction has always fascinated […]

Margie Lawson KUDOS to Fae and Laura and Orly and Jenny. WITS is THE BEST!  Ready to dive into a deep edit of a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author’s work? Susan Donovan. Published by St. Martin’s, HQN, Amazon, Kensington, and Berkeley. Twenty-four novels and novellas, translated into dozens of languages. Two-time RITA […]

Tiffany Lawson Inman A lengthy list of components must come together to create well-written action and fighting in fiction. One of the most important components is believability. Believability in writing action and fighting is something that trips-up many authors and editors. I am including editors because I have read too many published books with out-of-place […]

It’s here. The first anniversary of Write Up a Storm. We’re writing up a storm from 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 PDT. If you missed the tips, you can read them on our Facebook page. Eighteen hours of opportunities to connect with others, meet goals, and get your words “on paper.” We’ll be writing from the top of every […]