Jenny Hansen shares her holiday writing dreams and offers true confessions about what a disorganized writer's life really looks like.

Colleen Story makes a good case for believing that having characteristics in common with James Bond can boost your writing career.

Penny Sansevieri digs deeper into successful publishing. The difference between a successful author and someone who sits on the fringes lies in these 10 keys.

Mystery writer James R. Preston discusses reading as therapy and reminds us that "story" is one of the most important things of all.

Emotions serve three specific purposes: to inform us, to protect us, to warn us. It's a framework to find the why behind what your character thinks and does.