Writers In The Storm welcomes back Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo for some more plot-fixing magic. Look for Kara’s writing tips the first Friday of every month.  This is the sixth in an ongoing series of Plot Fixer blogs by double RITA finalist Kara Lennox.  Here are the links for Parts 1-5: Part 1 - Your Premise Isn't Compelling Part 2 - […]

Writers In The Storm welcomes back award-winning author and RWA RITA-nominee, Shannon Donnelly. Today she’s talking to us about villains we love to hate and how to keep them from becoming a cardboard stereotype whose every action is predictable and boring. By Shannon Donnelly Nothing marks a writer as a beginner as clearly as the […]

Today Writers In The Storm welcomes Charlotte Carter! Since it's Labor Day weekend she's keeping things relaxed, easy and ever so sweet by sharing her wonderful spiced nectarine recipe. Charlotte is a multi-published author of more than fifty romance, cozy mystery and inspirational titles. Her books have made Waldenbooks Best Selling lists and have been translated into a […]

By Laura Drake Press On Regardless. I know you’ve seen this phrase before. It’s one of those old sayings, and like dialog tags, they become invisible after awhile. But it’s more to me – it’s my mantra. We start this writing journey, naïve, excited, and hopeful. Actually, we’re that way because we don’t know enough […]

From all of us at Writers In The Storm... It's past time we had another mash-up here at WITS so we gathered up our summer favorites. Enjoy! From Sharla: The Gyser: 5 Step Approach To Revision Why social media isn't the magic bullet for self-e-published authors : A different point of view from what most writers […]