by Angela Arndt, @aearndt It doesn’t feel like Christmas today, does it? Very little holiday cooking. Fewer family members around the table. Maybe no children opening presents. (We can only hope the …
Writing Realistic Dialogue
by Hallee Bridgeman, @halleeb I recently judged an unpublished novel contest. I had an array of genres, but one thing that stood out consistently throughout all of them was a lack of …
Do You Hear What I Hear?
by Christina Miller, @CLMillerbooks Fat snowflakes and Christmas carols floated through the air as my friend Gracie and I strolled the historic downtown of our little city. She stopped in …
Questions Every Professional Writer Asked Themselves
by Peter Leavell, @PeterLeavell When are you going to give into the peer pressure to write? When are you going to give up and live the life that calls you? …
Analogies are Like a Box of Chocolates
by Angela Ruth Strong, @AngelaRStrong A good analogy is powerful and can make your story as memorable as Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates. Using these literary morsels to …