by Laura Drake We’ve been talking about critique groups here at Writers in the Storm lately. Jenny started us out with 10 Power Tips for Critique Groups, and Sharla followed up with her post on how to form a Critique Group. At crit group this week, we were talking about change; how it seems that […]

We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog for an announcement: Amy Hahn was the lucky commenter who won a copy of Judy Duarte's new novel, Christmas on Nutcracker Court!  Congrats Amy! Here's our own Jenny Hansen, starting a new series on critique groups. In my everyday life I’m a training coordinator for an accounting firm, focused […]

by Jenny Hansen For the last few weeks, we've been talking about fear here at Writers In The Storm. It all started with a Thursday night chat at critique group where, "What are you afraid of?" turned into a really big deal. Below are the posts we've done on the subject and I think we've […]

We had to break into your weekend with some amazing news. . .Laura Drake has placed second in the Orange Rose Contest! We should have a less blurry picture of her to sub in soon, but my hands were shaking so bad, I'm lucky I didn't drop my phone taking the photo. Sharla, Laura and […]

by Jenny Hansen The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty and the power of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt Dreams are a funny thing. Nightly dreams usually fade in the morning rush, except for the periodic nightmares that scorch our consciousness. Then there’s the waking dreams. Those elusive wishes we keep tucked deep […]