Hot News Flash!  Multi multi Margie Grad, Laura Drake, has just been announced as a double RITA Finalist (for those who don't know, that's the Oscars for Romance)!  See what a little Margie can do?  By Margie Lawson A big THANK YOU to Laura Drake and Fae Rowen for inviting me on WITS , and hugs […]

by Kathryn Craft Turning Whine into Gold In response to a tweet promoting a recent Twitter submission event, I received the following response:  “To put it delicately, f*** the agents and editors. Never pander to what they're looking for.” (Asterisks mine.)  I would like to thank this “delicate” tweeter. His 92-character comment is so chock […]

by Jenny Hansen I dream of being an organized person, but being an organized writer would be even better. I'm popping in here on a Sunday, so excited to have found my shortcut to organization, that I had to share! Awhile back, I did a post here at WITS called 10 OneNote Features That Will […]

The winner of Tiffany's drawing last month is Patrick as determined by Random.org. Congratulations, Tiffany is waiting for you to contact her with your information. By Tiffany Lawson Inman  Action is reaction. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I’ve hammered in a few times the simple fact that action and suspense are made up of action […]

by Jami Gold If you’ve heard of beat sheets before, you might have heard about complicated forms or spreadsheets. I don’t know about you, but I don’t do math. Heck, I write my stories by the seat of my pants, so something that forces me to draft in a regimented way doesn’t appeal to me […]