Marsha West I’m searching for a non-cliché way to say how happy I am to be guest posting here at WITS, but Margie Lawson would pass out at everything that has popped into my mind. 🙂 Thanks so much for asking me, y’all.  *  *  *  *  *  * Several years ago, my friend Jerrie Alexander […]

Kathryn Craft Turning Whine into Gold   I had just turned in my second novel after an intense ten months of 15-hour days. Since most of that time was spent sitting, my first celebratory act was taking a walk with my husband to brainstorm ideas for this blog post, the fourth and last installment adapting […]

Margie Lawson  A huge THANK YOU to Laura Drake for inviting me to be a guest blogger, and big miss-you hugs to all the WITS gals! If you wish review the rule that started it all... Margie-Rule #1: Never Take Any Word for Granted   Are you an NCIS fan? A Jethro Gibbs fan? A Mark Harmon […]

Describing clothes on characters isn’t nearly as fun writing an action scene. But let’s face it, clothes and their condition say as much about our characters as they do on real people. Thankfully there are ways to sneak clothing descriptions into a scene without sounding like a fashion magazine. When ever possible, let clothing and […]

Catherine Spangler Hello all! I’m thrilled and honored to be included in the Writers in the Storm Blog community. Since I write science fiction romance and urban fantasy romance, I thought we could discuss creating alternate worlds and world building, and the elements needed for “other-worldly” romances. Building an Alternate World There are a number […]