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!

Julie Glover compares the writer's life to various fairy tales and asks which one you relate to.

by Tasha Seegmiller About two years ago, my husband got the idea to start a cotton candy business. We bought a machine, played around with flavors and techniques and materials and during the local Fourth of July parade 2017, we opened for business.  Not quite two years later, and we are merging that in with […]

It’s here. The fourth anniversary of Write Up a Storm. We’re writing up a storm from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00p.m. EDT. If you missed the tips, you can read them here on our Facebook page. Seventeen hours of opportunities to connect with others, meet goals, and get your words “on paper.” We’ll be writing from the top of every hour […]

Julie Glover I recently passed my 10-year anniversary of Writing In Earnest. I began the novel that became my first full manuscript after I evacuated to my in-laws’ house to escape Hurricane Ike, which hit the Texas Gulf Coast in September 2008. When I returned home, I committed to writing one full hour each day, […]