Writers In The Storm welcomes back award-winning author and RWA RITA-nominee, Shannon Donnelly. Today she’s talking to us about the difference between dialog that is -- mediocre, and dialog that *sparkles* By Shannon Donnelly TECHNICAL CHALLENGE: DIALOGUE When I first began writing, one thing stood out like a big old red light—in any story, there’s […]

Writers In The Storm welcomes back double RITA finalist, Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo.  Don't miss Kara’s writing tips the first Friday of every month. Here are the links for Parts 1-7: Part 1 - Your Premise Isn’t Compelling Part 2 - How To Fix a Weak Opening Part 3 - A Lack of Goals […]

In honor of Halloween, we decided to take a hiatus from the norm to tell ghost stories!  But they're all true. So sit back, enjoy, and relax . . . if you can! Buahahahaha! Orly Konig-Lopez A group of us were headed to a party at a friend’s house. They lived on a country road […]

I can't tell you how giddy we are here at WITS.  We've been sitting on an announcement, dying to blab, but having to sit on it until today (well, okay, maybe that was just me-I stink at secrets.)   You ready?  We have a new crit partner, and full time WITS author/blogger! Orly Konig Lopez! You […]

You are in for a treat, because we enticed a stellar new author to WITS today. I read Sharla Lovelace's debut novel, The Reason is You, after the RWA National Conference. I read. A lot. And Sharla's book is the best I've read this year. You're getting in on a Pre-NYT Bestseller here. I'm not […]