By Mandy Boerma, @mandyboerma Hours alone with nothing but time to work on your story. A piping hot cup of coffee, a handful of chocolate or a salty snack—sounds like …
Creating a Setting as a Character
By Michelle Griep, @MichelleGriep I love quirky characters. Dickens—one of my personal heroes—was a master of them. Characters must change and grow from the beginning to the end of a …
Writing a Child Your Reader Won’t Want to Put in Time Out
By Janine Rosche, @janinerosche Kimmy Gibbler. Cousin Oliver. Steve Urkel. Screech Powers. Scut Farkus. Vickie from Small Wonder. Caillou. What feeling do these names awaken in you? Nothing positive, right? …
Using the Seven Deadly Sins in Your Novel
by Peter Leavell, @PeterLeavell At the Box Office, Top Gun: Maverick has grossed the GDP of a small country. How? From touching on themes from, as C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, …
Tips for Series-Writing Beginners
By Susan L. Tuttle, @Susan_Tuttle5 My favorite go-to as a reader is a series. So it was no surprise that when I started writing, my story worlds poured out as …