Written by T.A. Demings
Tips I learned from literary agent, Steve Fraser, on how to be a professional writer even before getting published.
Written by David Powers King
A quick review of "Weird" Al Yankovic's hilarious picture book debut. Genius!
Written by Lauren Shearer
You can hold up your own picture to the world, but the way you treat other people is one of the truest reflections into your soul. This can work very powerfully in fiction.
Written by Teri Harman
A few months ago I trashed 40,000 words of a first draft of BLACK MOON, book 2 in my trilogy, and learned an important lesson in the art of creativity.
Written by David Powers King
While death is never a fun topic, it has become popular to give a Darwin Award to someone who died in a dumb way. And in fiction, this translates well as a trope.
Written by Ken Baker
Getting kids to read and why Everything is Reading from an interview with Travis Jonker, 2014 Caldecott committee member and founder of 100scopenotes
Written by David Powers King
Review of an animated, high-fantasy series that is an excellent example of The Heroes Journey and magical realism.
Written by Jordan Ricks
K.J. Parker's latest novel is a tale of two countries exhausted by a forty year war, trying to be at peace. A fencing tournament is the decided method, but swords don't exactly make for the best olive branches...
Written by David Powers King
Interested in a personal demon to haunt your character? Give him an addiction and make him quit - then see what happens.
Written by Teri Harman
My first video post! I'm talking about my favorite fictional characters, including one epic bad guy.
Written by ML Swift
An encouraging interview with Anne Rice, detailed and reviewed point-by-point. Stephen King instructs us to "kill our darlings," while Anne Rice simply states, "If you want to be a writer, WRITE."
Written by Teri Harman
Have you ever had someone insult your taste in books?
