By Sharla Rae You gotta love Halloween. After all, it’s why I’m giving you my Spooky Word List this month. The truth is, writers enjoy Halloween every time they write. It’s the fun part of our jobs. We don the temporary skins/costumes of our characters, and from the safety of our computer desks, we might […]

by Charlotte Carter Writers in the Storm asked me to talk about my strengths as a writer as part of their fantastic new WriterStrong series. Huh. Do I even have strengths? All writers have days where this question brings doubt. I know I don’t always have enough strength to open jars, but I have a […]

By Laura Drake I belong to the Women’s Fiction chapter of RWA.  We just completed a month-long Write-a-Thin (you’d have had to have been there,) and it was wonderful, on many levels (not for me, on the ‘Thin’ part, but that’s another blog altogether.) Since I’m so anal regimented in my schedule, I didn’t think […]

by Susan Squires Reading is all about suspending disbelief. Readers stare at a two-dimensional piece of paper or a flat screen with glyphs on it and imagine they’re traveling to unknown lands and meeting interesting people. They treasure being whisked away from everyday life. It’s an addictive experience. As writers, we want them addicted to […]

by Jenny Hansen You can thank my husband and his knee for this post. The wear and tear of fifteen years of football finally took its toll this last year and he hurt his knee working as IT Wonder Man at a conference in San Francisco. He came home limping and the pain got progressively worse until he […]