Kathryn Craft Turning Whine Into Gold As writers, we are used to making choices on behalf of our characters. As characters in our own life stories, though, we also make choices. We set a goal, pursue it until we come to a fork in the road, and then deal with the changes and challenges this […]

Elizabeth S. Craig When writers offer other authors’ advice about generating more income, the advice inevitably is, “Write a lot of good books.” Although it’s true that volume is key to visibility in an increasingly crowded book market, there’s another way to gain visibility—offering our content, our books, in a variety of marketplaces. While working […]

Plotting for pantsers … The plotters out there are laughing, the pantsers are gasping in horror. Trust me … it can be done! I’m a pantser with suspenders. No matter how many times I try to plot before starting a project, I freeze, can’t do it! My writing process is to tighten the suspenders and […]

by Shannon Donnelly I’ve been thinking a lot about story endings, probably because I’m getting close to one in the book I’m working on. But also we watched 2 Guns the other day and it has a fabulous mirror from the beginning to ending—that mirror technique where the last scene echoes the opening scene, but […]

  Today I'm shaking my Cowbell about social media, with an emphasis on your profiles. Those header graphics and text are one of the biggest tools in your arsenal to catch people's eyes. [I just heard some of you writers groan: More social media?! Didn't Fae give us permission yesterday to just write?] I know, I know. I’ve […]