Jenny Hansen shares thoughts on how to keep social media from sucking up free time like a shop vac. Includes five tips for putting the "social " in social media.

Our Writers in the Storm choose one word to guide their writing in 2019. Come share your one word for the New Year!

by Laura Drake I chose this month's submission to help explain how to show a tense scene from within the character, instead of telling - as if we're watching a movie. This scene has the potential to be edge-of-your-seat stuff, but it has several problems. Thank you, brave soul, for trusting me with your work. I […]

10 tips from Ray Bradbury for achieving writing success. This post is great for writers of all levels.

  We're officially in the holiday season, a time that sends many writers into a tizzy of stress and deadlines and too many sweets. Many of my friends are past the NaNo-Mania and looking forward to their holidays, but I'm on the fence. You see, I missed a lot of the November Frenzy that I love. […]