Happy Monday Everyone! I found a cool tool that I think could help many of you however you are published. It’s a tool to help you figure out...

Today I’m excited to have Darcy Pattison here to share about her new book, START YOUR NOVEL-SIX WINNING STEPS TOWARD A COMPELLING OPENING LI...

First I’ll announce the winner of JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW by Nathan Bransford. The winner is: PHIL Congrats! E-mail me yo...

Once upon a time, I was an aspiring author who didn't understand why "fiction novel" is considered an automatic "you shou...

I received a request awhile ago to do a post on word counts for different age categories in children's lit.  Since opinions vary greatly...

I recently read a YA fantasy manuscript that had a great premise and great writing but no love interest.  Not even a possible love interest....

Tuesday Tip:  Join Inkwell, a new community for writers , if you haven't already! I've been thinking about something lately. The m...

Because it's too awesome not to share further, I nabbed this video from YA author Stephanie Perkins ( Natural/Artificial ) who got it f...

  You hear it all the time, "omit needless words," "tighten your writing," and maybe you're thinking, huh?  What wo...

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking abut 2009 and 2010. What happened? What have I learned? What do I want out of this next year? The answers...

I've had the pleasure of being interviewed twice as a blogger (links in the right sidebar, if you missed them), but now I can share with...

In the comments from Sunday's post on manuscript formatting , Sharon asked: I'm curious about the last entry under chapters...Why ...

Another Tuesday, another great tip. This one from frequent reader and commenter VR Barkowski . Make sure to stop by and visit her blog . ...

Happy Wednesday! Was yesterday the first day of fall? I love fall! Here's my report for the week. The rewrite is looking like this.....

Things have been pretty busy this week, and they're about to get crazier for the next two to three. What does that mean? If I start sl...

Samantha over at Day By Day Writer does a neat little word count update where she posts her current word count, new words written, and the ...

Ah, September. The month my daughter turns three. Also the month I planned to have my revisions done by. Not happening, seeing as "re...

And here we sit. At the last Wednesday of another month. Prior Goal: 2k Accomplished: 2138 Goal for new week: 3k Excuses / comments: ...

Wow! I loved all of the commiseration and fabulous responses in yesterday's post . It was fascinating to see who has annual trouble mo...

As some of you know, I'm having a hard time getting back into the groove of writing. The issues I've been having with my MS have re...