by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel There’s the old familiar saying, “Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?” In a similar fashion, many people wonder, “Which comes first, the proposal or the writing?” I’d like to be able to tell you a consistent answer, but the truth is that for some…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Sometimes coming up with unique and creative blog post idea is a challenge. I understand because I’ve been there more than once. Out of frustration and discouragement, I found a solution that I’ve used repeatedly. Enlist your readers to help you with blog ideas. Think about…

By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Sitting on the cusp of a new book release, the reality of good book reviews weighs heavy. The natural questions of acceptance raise our worry level just a smidge. Will readers like the book? Will they even post a review? What about the hate reviews? I've…

By Amy Bright @AmyBrightwriter Do you love to read fight scenes, or do you skip over them to the outcome and the rest of the book? I have to confess–I rarely make it past two to three paragraphs of many fight scenes. Sometimes they seem forced; sometimes the fights are…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales In his book How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them, Sol Stein says, “In our not-yet acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet written stories.” When I recently read this quote, the…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 I wanted to be clever, not practical. My goal in crafting blog post titles was to think of the snazziest title I could, even if it wasn’t search engine friendly. It took a few gentle suggestions from a blog editor for me to embrace a different…