Our new Writer in the Storm, Orly Konig-Lopez, is taking on Jenny Hansen in our latest throwdown: Introverted vs Extroverted Writer. Next Monday, Jenny will offer arguments, er... uh, gentle persuasion on the Extroverted Writer. by Orly Konig-Lopez Loyal followers (and you’re all loyal followers, right? Right!) know that Writers in the Storm has a fun tradition […]

by Jenny Hansen Should writers (or anyone else) use Microsoft Excel? In a word, YES! Laura Drake did a post last week about how she keeps track of her plot in Excel and I started hearing rumbling from the Spreadsheet-Phobics in the WITS crowd. What sort of tasks might one do in this spooky financial-y program […]

In honor of Halloween, we decided to take a hiatus from the norm to tell ghost stories!  But they're all true. So sit back, enjoy, and relax . . . if you can! Buahahahaha! Orly Konig-Lopez A group of us were headed to a party at a friend’s house. They lived on a country road […]

by Jenny Hansen You can thank my husband and his knee for this post. The wear and tear of fifteen years of football finally took its toll this last year and he hurt his knee working as IT Wonder Man at a conference in San Francisco. He came home limping and the pain got progressively worse until he […]

We couldn't talk WriterStrong without our Yoda of Edits and sparkling prose, Margie Lawson. Be prepared for great takeaway as Margie not only tells you, but shows you how it's done!  Here she is: A big THANK YOU to Laura Drake for inviting me to be her guest today. Everything I teach is all about […]