Writers In The Storm welcomes back award-winning author and RWA RITA-nominee, Shannon Donnelly. Last month she discussed 5 Quick Fixes To Make Readers Love Your Villains. This month's post is more philosophical. We'll be interested to hear your answer to the title question down in the comments! ******************** Money ~ by Shannon Donnelly The old joke […]

We're delighted to welcome August McLaughlin as our inaugural guest for the WriterStrong series. She's our go-to person for healthy eating and mental balance, all of which help YOU be BrainStrong. Please join us in welcoming August by heaping blog love on her in the comments section. ************* Imagine waking up one day to a […]

This week, Writers In The Storm is kicking off a new series for the Fall...sort of a "Be All That You Can Be" series for writers. The inaugural post comes out on Wednesday. In honor of this, our own Jenny Hansen gave us today's blog about discovering what you're good at and doing it! What Are […]

By Sharla Rae I don’t usually spill my guts to anyone but my closest friends. I just don’t. But my critique pals here at WITS have been pressing me to share the obstacles I’ve faced in my writing life this past year. I argued that people don’t want to hear my personal sob stories. I […]

By Laura Drake Press On Regardless. I know you’ve seen this phrase before. It’s one of those old sayings, and like dialog tags, they become invisible after awhile. But it’s more to me – it’s my mantra. We start this writing journey, naïve, excited, and hopeful. Actually, we’re that way because we don’t know enough […]