Beta readers bumped my manuscript from okay to publishable. What did these beta readers do?

By Laura Drake This is so not something I would ever do. Why would I even attempt it? What made me think I could do this? Deadlines, that’s what. I did it to myself. My editor knew I was already writing for another house, so she let me set the deadline for the Biker-chick book. […]

By Sharla Rae I’m very proud of my critique dream team here at Writers In The Storm. We started out liking each other, but we’re now sisters both in the family sense and as professional writers.  Unfortunately, not all critique groups are created equal. We’ve all heard critique group horror stories: unprofessional back-biting, petty jealousies […]

We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog for an announcement: Amy Hahn was the lucky commenter who won a copy of Judy Duarte's new novel, Christmas on Nutcracker Court!  Congrats Amy! Here's our own Jenny Hansen, starting a new series on critique groups. In my everyday life I’m a training coordinator for an accounting firm, focused […]