By Laura Drake It sometimes seems that everything around us is negative: coworkers complain, kids whine, and don’t get me started on politics or the news. I think social media magnifies this. Hop onto Twitter and look right now – just look at the posts you can see without scrolling. We’ll wait. You back? I’ll […]

By Margie Lawson and Tiffany Lawson Inman A big lovey Thank You to Laura Drake for inviting us back to WITS. Surprise! It’s a mother-daughter duo blog! What happens to characters when they are in a high emotion scene? They experience emotion.  Duh. What happens if the writer keeps the POV character in their head, […]

Laura here. I just wanted to squee a moment. The very first book I wrote (and edited 3,457 times,) Her Road Home releases tomorrow!  It earned a RT 4 star review! You can learn more about it on my website.It's available at Amazon, B&N, and other stores. Thanks for your indulgence - now here's Shannon […]

I’m a software trainer by day so I have several “true loves” in the software realm. But as a writer, my hands down favorite lately is OneNote. I. Heart. OneNote. What is it, and where do you find it? OneNote is a planner and note taking software. Capture text, images, video and audio notes, and keep […]

We're throwing open the comments at Writers In The Storm today for a little of what I like to call "Pimp and Promote." How does this work? Here's the rules for this Carnival of Comment Fun: I’m taking a page out of Chuck Wendig’s book once again for you guys to do the following... Better yet, do […]