Angela Ackerman discusses the benefits of and necessary steps for building a street team for your book release.

Lisa Hall-Wilson There’s a pretty basic storytelling flaw that trips up many writers and that’s creating villains/antagonists who aren’t successful. Let’s define what I mean by successful. A successful antagonist moves the story ahead, directly challenges the protagonist, and has a better than 50% chance of success. Without a powerful antagonist, your protagonist has nothing […]

Janice Hardy provides fantastic tips on how to choose the right critique partner(s) for you and your story!

Our Writers in the Storm choose one word to guide their writing in 2019. Come share your one word for the New Year!

by Laura Drake I chose this month's submission to help explain how to show a tense scene from within the character, instead of telling - as if we're watching a movie. This scene has the potential to be edge-of-your-seat stuff, but it has several problems. Thank you, brave soul, for trusting me with your work. I […]