by Kathryn Craft Turning Whine Into Gold Today, on Memorial Day, we remember those who trained, risked the fight, and died so that we Americans can express ourselves fully and pursue our dreams without fearing the high stakes that claimed them. Sustaining a writing career requires a similar singularity of purpose. When all is said […]

   This blog is the fault result of a question from Cerrisa Kim, on the WITS Facebook page. I’d posted a brilliant Writer’s Digest article about the line between Women’s Fiction and Romance (You can read it HERE). Cerrissa’s question was more specific though - how I was able to write in two genres? What […]

by Kimberly Brock A few weeks ago I was heading to Cashiers, North Carolina for what was heralded as the answer to my recent writer’s weariness. I’d been driving for several hours, twisting up winding roads where the earth falls away into deep gullies and the air grows thin and the mountain walls weep. I […]

Chuck Sambuchino (This column excerpted from Chuck’s 2015 book, Get a Literary Agent: The Complete Guide to Securing Representation for Your Work.) No author I know signs with an agent wanting that partnership to end. But, sadly, things do break down sometimes. Here are four signs that your agent-author relationship has turned sour. 1. Lack […]

Laurie Schnebly Campbell What makes people talk about your book before they've ever read Page 1? Well, maybe they remember you from high school and can’t wait to see if they’re featured on page 28. Or maybe they heard the publisher paid a billion-dollar advance to get your manuscript. Or maybe they saw that Josh […]