Sherry Thomas I like directions. I am, moreover, very good at following directions. Lately, however, I find myself balking at one particular set of directions: writing rules. Now I’m the last person to suggest that everything about writing is subjective and therefore any rule should be kicked in the gonads before it even walks through […]

It’s the day after Christmas, and if you’re anything like me, you’re probably exhausted and have a jolly hangover. So let’s just hang out and swap stories. Orly and I were chatting in an early email over coffee the other day about yet another way that we writers are seen as a different species by […]

Janice Hardy Unless you're incredibly lucky, at some point in your writing life you're bound to fall into a rut. The novel you loved yesterday feels flat today, all your ideas sound "meh" and nothing really excites you about your current manuscript. It happens, and scary as it can be, there are ways to knock […]

Angela Ackerman It’s that time of year...bustling crowds in malls, shoppers lining up in endless droves, bulging virtual carts at Amazon and other e-retailers...all in pursuit of the perfect gift. We make a list, check it twice, and the jump into the holiday fray, looking forward to the joy our thoughtful presents will bring. But […]

Show of hands … How many WITS readers exercise every day? How many of you read every day? Sir Richard Steele said, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” I think about exercising every day. But I can almost always find a promising excuse not to exercise—I need the time to […]