For Valentine's Day, here's a full report on the romance genre in today's marketplace -- what's hot and what's not -- and why romance belongs in your books.

Tips on how to avoid publishing a book that isn't ready, leaving the author disappointed and disillusioned when their novel fails to gain traction with readers.

As hard as they are to receive, critiques are a necessary element to your growth as a writer. Follow Diana Stout's advice for using critiques in writing.

Lynette M. Burrows demonstrates how you can create compelling scenes the MRU, a tool from Dwight V. Swain's Techniques of a Selling Writer.

Angela Ackerman shows the details writers can use to open a gateway to great characterization and hook readers at the same time.