Some multi-published authors generously share advice with younger writers. Each has their different specialty and genre. Sampling from several writers’ blogs this summer should help you find one or two you can really relate to. Gail Martin writes romance and romantic suspense for Christian readers. Even if that’s not what you write, you could learn […]

In the 1970s, 7-UP began to market their soft drink as “the UN-cola.” Their premise was that dark colored colas were cliche, and that cliche was boring. They were fresh and different. People tend to avoid risks. We all like to be relatively sure of a satisfying experience, BUT at the same time we get bored with […]

An agent is a writing professional who specializes in bringing authors and publishers together and administrating contracts that are beneficial to both. In addition, many agents help their clients (and aspiring clients) learn more about various aspects of the field of professional writing. If you’re an aspiring author, lurking on a few agents’ blogs is […]

Last week’s writing prompt involved taking a new look at an old favorite fairytale. This week, you can keep the same story or choose a new one. Did you know that the older versions of some fairytales had other chapters that have been deleted over time? Let’s experiment with why we begin and end stories where […]

The winning entries in the 2010 Novel Writing contest are: Dead on the Vine by Sonja Hutchinson (adult category) Minoru by Angela Bell (student category) Congratulations to these fine writers and to all who entered. Each story showed promise, and we appreciate the imagination, effort, and love of storytelling that went into each one. Reviewing […]