By Michelle Griep, @MichelleGriep Newbie writers are cute little buggers. All sparkly-eyed and smiles. I like to snap pictures of them when they’re in this fresh writing-is-grand stage, then pull …
Let’s Get Moving! 3 Easy Ways to be More Active When You’re Writing
by Beth K. Vogt, @bethvogt It’s often said the writing life is a solitary life. Most of us would also agree the writing life is a sedentary life. The invention of …
9 Tips for Developing Story Ideas
by Jeanne Takenaka, @JeanneTakenaka Where do your story ideas come from? Before I ever became brave enough to type the first words of a book, one of my biggest fears was developing …
The Importance of Asking Why
by Lisa Jordan, @lisajordan Until two years ago, I’d spent the past nineteen years working as an early childhood educator. While working with young children, one of the questions I’d …
What’s in a Name?
by Lisa Jordan, @lisajordan While working on a past novel, I had emailed my agent and asked her thoughts about my characters’ names. She suggested I change one because having …