Writers have those times of wondering, “Am I any good?” Today, James Preston helps us find the courage to keep going.

Firearms often show up in fiction, and Piper Bayard and Jay Holmes clear up the errors authors tend to make in describing them.

by Colleen M. Story  When the money doesn’t come flowing in or when the market ignores your book, it’s easy to lose the joy in writing. Fortunately, you can get it back. What Rewards are Writers Seeking? In almost everything we do, there are two types of rewards involved: Extrinsic rewards are those we get from […]

by Fae Rowen Last week I was writing a character study for my WIP. The character is persistent, never giving up, even when the cause seems lost. At times she's like a small child who keeps asking "Why?" and driving the adults around her crazy. I had more than a half dozen adjectives in my […]

by Donna Galanti We all must let go eventually. Sometimes it’s letting go of a friendship. A husband. A career. A child. A parent. The toxic friend who suffocates you and puts you down. The husband who can’t commit. The career that stresses you out. The child who needs to learn from his own mistakes. […]