Susan Spann Welcome back to the #PubLaw negotiation mini-series here at Writers in the Storm! My last guest post took a look at the difference between Zero-Sum and Mutual Benefit negotiation strategies, and explained why it’s better to approach contract negotiations from a mutual-benefit point of view. Today we move on to the nuts and […]

I wish I had a fix to give you that svelte summer look, but this blog has nothing to do with your body.  The Backstory: Last week I was talking with a friend who’s housesitting. Her vacationing friend called the first night and said, “You have to overnight my underwear tomorrow morning.” My friend suggested […]

Shannon Donnelly I teach a Show and Tell workshop online and everyone comes into that workshop wanting to know how to show more—they’ve usually been hit with the advice to ‘show don’t tell’. However, there’s a place for the narrative in any fiction. What most writers really need to look at is how to tell […]

I’m not one of those people who always knew I wanted to become a writer, especially not a fiction writer. I took a couple of creative writing courses during college and grad school out of curiosity. Let’s just say it wasn’t a natural fit. My creative muse laughed her butt off at me with each […]

I admit, odd people fascinate me. The marginal personalities, the walking damaged, the wierdos. When I look back in my life, it seems I’m the Pied Piper of The Quirky (Or maybe it just takes one to know one ;)) They show up in my novels often. I've written a New York fashionista transplanted in […]