by Jenny Hansen Romance Writers of America® 32nd Annual Conference Anaheim Marriott® July 25-28, 2012 All of us at Writers In The Storm live right here in Southern California, which makes this year's RWA conference a bit more exciting than most for us. For once, we're locals. This means we know where everything is, and if […]

  by Jenny Hansen Today we’re going to open a discussion here at WITS about how your characters fight. Some of my posse from More Cowbell, who also hang out here, have heard the terms "dirty" and "clean" fighting. Those of you who are new to the concept are likely scratching your heads wondering, "What is […]

It's been quite awhile since we've shared what we're following here at Writers in the Storm, so we decided to give you the pre-summer list of places we've been hanging out lately. Maybe we'll see you at one of them! From Jenny Hansen:  In my humble opinion, Gene Lempp does the best writing mash-ups out […]

by Fae Rowen My first RWA National Conference was the last time it was held in Anaheim. It was a long time ago, maybe 1997. I had just joined OCC and RWA in February of the same year. I'd finished two books--a fantasy medieval and a futuristic romance. The fantasy medieval was written with no […]

By Laura Drake This was the conversation at crit group last week... Me: So I was tweeting with Chicken on a Chain last night, and – Jenny: Chicken WHAT? Me: He’s a bull. Retired from the PBR, one of the best. You should’ve seen him at the finals in 2009 -- Jenny: You did not […]