by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac I hear there are writers who choose this profession because it means they only have to talk to fictional people.  I’ve never actually met any of these supposed writers. Every writer I know loves to talk to other writers—and not just about writing. Sure we talk…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 The pandemic may have slowed down our comings and goings, but not the flow of words online. Opinions stream in ... Should we wear masks? Should kids go back to school? How much will remote learning set them back? Is it safe to go to work…

By Bethany Jett, @BetJett Show, Don't Tell Arguably, this is one of the biggest sins of a writer, and yet it’s so easy to slip into what I call “tattle-tale mode.” Is the reader experiencing the story, or are they listening to me rattle on the details like my seven-year-old…

By Vincent B. Davis II, @vbdavisii "For all have sinned and fallen short of editorial perfection." This is one of my favorite quotes from Stephen King's On Writing. Isn't it true? No matter how hard we may try to correct, edit, and rewrite our manuscript, there is always something left…

by Lucinda Secrest McDowell, @LucindaSMcDowel Last fall I submitted the manuscript for my twelfth book. On time. Whew! Because it was on a fast track, and I had already made several travel plans that could not be cancelled, I wondered if I could do it. Through God’s grace, prayer support, diligent…

By James Hannibal @jamesrhannibal You can work a high-tech gadget into a cozy mystery, but that won’t make it a techno-thriller. To be a techno-thriller, a story must have distinct moving parts set up on a collision course that slam together into a perfect mesh. The Vocabulary of Moving Parts…