Congratulations to our amazing MBT VOICES who are Genesis Semi-Finalists!! Contemporary Fiction Buffaloe Kimberli Ehret Michael Herringshaw Casey Massaro Michelle Phillips Colleen Shine Contemporary Romance Atkins Jennie Basham Pepper Buckner …
Conversations: Common Writing Mistakes I’m seeing
I miss Sally and our morning coffee. But I’m on the road this week, teaching at conferences, and judging contests and I thought it might help to see a quick …
Quick Skills: 5 Essentials of a First Chapter
There are a lot of checklists for building a first chapter, and sometimes they can get overwhelming. MBT has an advanced checklist we use to help people build their Frasier …
Conversations: First Chapter Essentials
“I’m angry with you!” Sally said as she sat down. She was smiling, so I frowned. “You let me write the first chapter before I was ready.” “Oh, that,” I …
April’s Writer’s Challenge and The Mountain’s Children
Congratulations to Delores Topliff who won the March writer’s Challenge with her delicious story “The Mountain’s Children” (Challenge: Give us an argument!) “Let her go!” Raymond Young Bear shouted, running …