by Marie Wells Coutu, @mwcoutu What is a writer’s heart? Is it the desire to tell a story, the drive to be famous, or the longing to change lives through the …
Grandparenting Your Book
Sarah Sundin, @sarahsundin In December, our first grandson was born. Recently we watched him for a day so my son and daughter-in-law could attend a wedding. Afterward, I told my friends, …
Falling in Love With Villains
By Tara Johnson, @TaraMinistry A good villain makes you hate him. A great villain makes you fall in love with him. Sounds strange, right? Perhaps, but the difference between a …
More Than a Sounding Board: Four Ways to Deepen the Heroine’s Best Friend
by Christina Miller, @CLMillerbooks Have you noticed that secondary characters sometimes serve little purpose beyond being props in the scene? While we don’t develop walk-on characters, we can use secondary …
Keeping Names Straight
by Hallee Bridgeman, @halleeb I am TERRIBLE with names. I never remember them. I can tell you everything you ever needed to know about a character *I* created – where they went …