by Nicki Yowell | Apr 1, 2025 | Fiction, Tips, Writing
by Melissa Eskue Ousley, Associate Editor As a writer, one of the best ways to improve your craft is to read often and widely, making note of what appeals to you. What captured your attention? What lessons can you take from an author’s writing style that will help you...
by Nicki Yowell | Apr 3, 2024 | Fiction, Tips, Writing
Guest Post by Paula Judith Johnson Characters are the heart and soul of fiction, the driving force that captivates readers and draws them into the world of your story. To craft memorable characters, rather than just giving them names and physical descriptions, it is...
by Nicki Yowell | Aug 2, 2023 | Fiction, Tips, Writing
by Melissa Eskue Ousley, Collaborative Editor One of my favorite books about writing is On Writing by Stephen King. It’s an excellent how-to manual to hone your writing skills and create memorable characters. He once said that “books are uniquely portable magic,” and...
by Nicki Yowell | May 3, 2023 | Fiction, Publishing, Writing
by Arwen Spicer, Author and Guest Contributor In today’s increasingly dystopian reality, readers are hungry for hope, so it’s not surprising utopian fiction is making a comeback. But just what makes a good utopian story, a delight the reader will still think about...
by Nicki Yowell | Feb 28, 2023 | Fiction, Tips, Writing
By Kristen Hall-Geisler, Collaborative Editor I’ve seen it a hundred times in manuscripts I’ve edited (and I’m guilty of it myself): Somewhere around the two-thirds mark, the writer has obviously gotten tired of writing and revising and writing and revising. The first...
by Nicki Yowell | Oct 28, 2022 | Fiction, Marketing, Writing
by Bailey Potter, Collaborative Editor Nowadays, other than for college, young adults often don’t fully move out of their parents’ house until they’re in their mid to late twenties, and people are getting married and having children later than the generations before,...
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