Where most beginning writers screw up is in thinking that sex scenes are about sex. A good sex scene is about the exchange of emotions, not bodily fluids.

The top twelve posts at Writers in the Storm for 2022 surprised us. Take a look and let us know which ones were your favorite.

Writing successfully means you get words on the page. Diana Gabaldon believes the key is understanding how your own brain works, and working WITH it.

by Fae Rowen Long, long ago Laura Drake wrote about the ten (or so) books she would want for "entertainment purposes" on a deserted island. You can read it here. I loved the idea of trying to narrow my selection to only ten books, but it's taken me this long to make the final cuts, since I'm […]

It took me years to discover that I am an A.D.D. writer. For more than a decade I’ve gone from manuscript to manuscript, even jumping from one to another then back again. I wasn’t having a writing problem, I was having a finishing problem.