By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam Writing conference season is upon us once again. Maybe you have attended one or two already yourself. While there are some online, the option to meet in person with other writers in real life is a welcome opportunity in this profession. To gather with groups of…

by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author What is the right way to tell a story? If you put ten writing experts in a room and ask them that question, you’ll get thirteen different answers. Writing, and by extension storytelling, is an art, so much of what determines an excellent story can’t be…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites As a child I would hear my babysitter say, “It’s always better to give than receive.” In my head I’d say, yeah but it’s not your chocolate bar your giving away. Even as an adult, no one touches my chocolate without my permission. All kidding aside, …

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Writers self-edit the same way they create a manuscript. They work according to how their brain processes information. The means of perfecting a fiction or nonfiction book involves tweaking and re-tweaking methods until we have produced an outstanding manuscript. Editing always makes our best even better,…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel Some days we are just more creative and have more spark to carry than other days, right? Some days we are super motivated to keep working on our writing and to convey what’s on our hearts. Other days we check off everything else on our list…

By Bethany Klassen You wrote your outline, you started your rough draft, you paused to go back and read the last two chapters you wrote and… you realize your main character has the SAME PERSONALITY as the one in your last book. Now what? Has this ever happened to you?…