By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I know… “Whatttt?” Writers lie? We actually get paid to lie when we write fiction, as weird as it seems. Our stories take a character’s truth and

By Amy Bright @AmyBrightwriter You’re involved in world building even if you aren’t writing sci-fi/fantasy, the genres we usually associate with the term “world building.” Your fictional un

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan In 2014, I took a marketing course at a conference. Presented by three multi-published Southern authors, Janice Thompson, Kathleen Y’Barbo, and Anita Higman, th

by Blythe Daniel @ByltheDaniel Will you join my launch team? We hear this phrase and we ask it ourselves. It can feel like we’re asking something very weighted and vulnerable.. and yet, it can be

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin For many years, several times a week, publishers and authors send new books which arrive in my mailbox. To libraries, I’ve given away so many books that a church

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Blogging becomes a relay race when you join a writer’s group of like-minded writers. Instead of racing alone to share the next blog post in time, you have teammat