by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn Not too long ago, I learned to SCUBA dive. I was so excited! I’ve wanted to learn for a long time. Unfortunately, I was NOT a star student. Oh, I did great in class. All the calculations for pressure and volume? No problem. (Who says…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson The publishing industry is like any other—fraught with unwritten rules and etiquette norms.  Add to that the wild wild west of social media and the new writer can commit faux pas that spell career disaster. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#writing"]Etiquette for Writers—#Publishing Industry Dos & Don'ts -…

by Cherrilynn Bisbano @BisbanoWrites My seventy-five year old widowed mom has a veracious appetite for reading. She loves novels about cats. Yes, she is that cat lady. I have a different palates when it comes to novels. I like suspense thrillers and historical fiction. Some of my younger friends consume…

@CindyDevoted The email asked, "Would you be a beta reader?" Before there was ample time to think it through, you shot an email back with an emphatic, "Yes." A few days later, a pdf or paper book arrive along with Beta Reader Instructions. Becoming a beta reader comes with it's perks…

@DiAnnMills Writers are often asked to volunteer, give of their time and talents, bend, stretch, and fed guilt-lines to convince them to edit, speak, teach, write, mentor for free, and the list goes on. This is probably you. Please don’t misinterpret my thoughts here: a willingness to serve is a…

@LisaCarter27 Listed below you will find a list of great craft of writing titles through which I am working my way. Many of these books I have read and studied. Others I have in my “To Read” pile. Some I return to, time after time, to ponder and apply their…