Guest blogger, Laura Drake, takes on an insidious invitation for our readers to skim our pages and offers examples so we can edit out authorsplaining.

Great characters are the beating heart of every memorable book. Lori Freeland offers you how-to insights and amazing character descriptions examples.

There's a secret power in the traditional book world, a cohort of people who determine the success or failure of published books.

Some manuscripts are clean first drafts. Others fight you every step of the way. And how you approach your revision depends on what stage its in.

In the age of instant books, does the opening of a book still matter? James R. Preston contrasts and compares the openings of fiction novels old and new.