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

Hugs carry psychological messages. Do you have those messages on your pages? Margie Lawson demonstrates how to dig deep to add fun and depth and power to the page...and to your characters' hugs.

Lori Freeland offers three ways to keep your story momentum going in a way that keeps your readers riveted. Includes how-to tips for dealing with pace-killing backstory.

by Margie Lawson I confess. I’m in love with the way some authors slip in backstory. I’m not talking chunks of backstory that sit on your page like cement blocks. The kind of blah blah blah that invites readers to skim. I’m talking about little hits of backstory. Those smooth keep-your-story-moving backstory slip-ins. What is […]

Don't you just love it when a line in a book so good, that you just have to stop reading to appreciate it for a few minutes? Me too.  I think that's part of the reason I began writing - to, just once - write one of those sentences.  You can find them scattered throughout […]