By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner A perfect bait increases a fisherman chances of catching a fish. They take their time and ease that wiggly worm onto the hook before lowering their line into the water. It’s just as important for a writer to do the same with a novel. Forget the…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam Over the past couple of years, I’ve had the delight in authors sharing their deadline dilemmas with me. Recently another one shared a couple new ones for my list. Yes, my list. Hey—we writers keep lists of great comments and ideas to use as fodder for…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan Being a novelist, I don’t usually work on more than one book at a time. However, I do write two blog posts, book reviews, and research for another novel while writing my current WIP (work in progress). But lately, the Lord whapped me upside the head…

by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZColeman At a writer’s conference, a line of agents and publishers sat before the eager crowd for a question-and-answer session. What did writers want to know? As I listened, one woman’s question soon had me sitting straight up in my seat: What do agents and publishers…

by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author  Welcome to the 2025 Writing Conference season! If you have never attended a writing conference, they can be overwhelming and complicated, and if you don’t know how to make the most of them, you might feel unsuccessful at the end. If you set unrealistic goals for…

by Warren Johnson @haversackhisto1 I wrote my first novel on a whim. Sort of like Jeremiah Johnson, who ignorantly walked into a bear hunt. “That'll be far enough, pilgrim!” If I’d had someone say that to me, I could’ve avoided the dangers of moving into a wilderness full of awe…