By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Writing killer emotions means the writer understands a character’s unique temperament, wants, needs, flaws, desires, goals, challenges, and backstory. With these traits, a writer fills the pages with the character’s deepest of feelings. Experts state that up to 90% of communication is nonverbal. Character driven body…

by Alycia W. Morales     @AlyciaMorales Word count is tremendously important in today's publishing world, especially since readers have shorter attention spans than back when reading was one of the few forms of entertainment available at home. What is one to do when the word count of their latest creation is…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I’ve spoken with a lot of writers who have trouble disconnecting their INTERNAL EDITOR when they're working on an early draft of a manuscript. This overly helpful person lives inside most of us and comes in handy when we’re putting the finishing touches on our manuscript.…

Four years ago, I sat in Marti Pieper’s ghostwriting class at the Florida Christian Writers Conference, soaking in everything I could. How fun to write books for other people…and get paid for it! The pump was primed. Last year, when my agent presented me with an opportunity to collaborate with…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Evaluating our professional writing life can leave us at a crossroad. Do we continue with the same social media, marketing, and branding methods as 2016, or do we dive into new or enhanced methods that have the potential to raise our visibility? How does a writer…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Last week I wrote about How Writers Approach Deadlines, how a professional writer creates quality books while meeting contractual targets. Writers establish good organizational habits the moment they choose to open the door to goals and dreams and plan how to make them happen. We work…