by Rachel D. Russell, @RDRussellWrites By the time your reader opens your novel, it’s already passed the front cover and back-blurb tests. Next up? Win the reader with a hard-hitting, attention-grabbing, tell-me-more …
4 Ways Writers Can Approach 2022 With Purpose
By Cara Putman, @cara_putman It’s been an interesting two years. Publishing has been up and down, and up and down since I started writing in 2005. Since that time I’ve …
The S.M.A.R.T. Way to Eating the Elephant
by Lisa Jordan, @lisajordan As I lay in bed on New Year’s Eve with the first fingers of dawn creeping over the windowsills, my brain scrolled through the many plans …
How to Make Your Reader Cry
by Angela Ruth Strong, @AngelaRStrong Once I cried so much while reading a novel in bed that my husband had thought I’d fallen asleep and drooled on my pillow. But …
The Subconscious–Your Best Problem Solver
by Patricia Bradley, @PTBradley1 We are into Day 4 of 2022, and I’m looking for a better year this time around. But then, I was like everyone else this time last …