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When Do You Know You're an Author?
 by Donna Alward

The Voice
 by Jeff Ayers

A Procrastinator's Guide to Writing
by Lindsey Barrett

The Search
by Pam Binder

Your Choices Reveal Your Characters  
by Jason Black

How To Make Readers Root for your Characters
by Jason Black

Engage Your Speaking Brain to Write Better Dialogue
by Jason Black

Escape Your Speaking Brain to Write Better Dialogue  
by Jason Black

Your Story Needs a Hook, but Your Characters Are the Bait
by Jason Black

Stages of Misfortune  
by Jason Black

Bad Habits Make Good Character Growth
by Jason Black

How Your Novel's Point of View Affects Your Characters
by Jason Black

Passive Voice Hides Your Characters
by Jason Black

Why Backstory Makes for Boring Characters
by Jason Black

Using Backstory Effectively  New!
by Jason Black

Dispatches from the Publishing Front
Day in the Life of a New York City Editor - May 2008

by Erin Brown

Dispatches from the Publishing Front
Inside the Editor/Agent Relationship - June 2008

by Erin Brown

Dispatches from the Publishing Front
Marketing and Publicity: What Can You Expect
  from Your Publishing House? - July 2008

by Erin Brown

Writing for the Market:
Yea or Nay? - August 2008

by Erin Brown

What Does an Editor Really Do Anyway? - September 2008
by Erin Brown

Editors and Writers Conferences
We Want to Meet You! - October 2008

by Erin Brown

Editors and Writers Conferences
You Know You're an Editor If... - November 2008

by Erin Brown

Dispatches from the Publishing Front
All I Want for Christmas is a Great First Novel - December 2008
by Erin Brown

Dispatches from the Publishing Front
Please (Please) Avoid These Common Writing Mistakes - January 2009

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Small Press or Big Press? That is the Question - February 2009

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Where, Oh, Where Had My Editor Gone? That is the Question - March 2009

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Taste vs. Marketplace: An Editor’s Dilemma - April 2009

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Effectively Handling Rejection and Criticism - May 2009

by Erin Brown

Editors and Writers Conferences
We Want to Meet You! - June 2009

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Top Ten Ways to Increase Your Chances of Getting Published - July 2009

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
The Dos and Don’ts of Submitting to Agents - August 2009

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
The Query Letter and the Synopsis—What Makes
Them Effective (and Why Writers Hate Them!) - September 2009
 
by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
First Time Writers: Why They Rock! - October 2009
 
by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Self-Publishing: Yes or No? - November 2009

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
I Wrote a Book! Who Cares? - December 2009

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Top Ten 2010 New Year’s Resolutions for Writers - January 2010
 
by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
What's My Genre, Anyway? - February 2010

by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Timing is Everything - March 2010
 
by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Voice—Yours and Theirs - April 2010
 
by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Top Ten Publishing Myths - May 2010
 
by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
Self-Editing: A Cheat Sheet - June 2010
 
by Erin Brown

Dispatches From The Publishing Front
The Cost of Writing - July 2010

by Erin Brown

Travel Writing on the Cheap
 by Allen Cox

You Wouldn't Want to Publish This Article, Would You?
 by Allen Cox

Writing Your G.I. Joe
by Matt Cates

A Lesson on Storytelling
by Robert Dugoni

My Eleventh Novel
by Robert Ferrigno   

Why I Review  
by Joan Frank

Today I Am an Underachiever
by Diane Hammond   

The Best Unfinished Book I've Ever Read
by Bill Kenower

Once Upon a Conference
by Bill Kenower

Careful What You Wish For
by Bill Kenower

Whatever It Takes
by Bill Kenower

The Finest Place You Know
by Bill Kenower

The Process  
by Bill Kenower

The Shift  
by Bill Kenower

The Genie
 by Kevin Lauderdale

Laryngitis of the Page  
by
Rebbie Macintyre

Celtx Screenplay Editing System  
by
J. Malcolm Manness

How to Build a Book Tour Audience
by Paula Margulies

It's All in the Pitch
by Paula Margulies

Confessions of a Library Lover
by Paula Margulies

What Makes Writing Worth Doing?
by Paula Margulies

Finding Opportunity in a Teacup
by Paula Margulies

Building Your Platform, Step by Step
by Paula Margulies

The Ten Best Books on Writing
by Paula Margulies

Warrior Writer:
Creating a New Generation of Authors
for the Future of Publishing
 
by Bob Mayer

Write It! How to Overcome Roadblocks, Finish Your Project, and
Get It Out There
by Brian Mercer

SASE's Return: A Rejection Survival Toolkit
by Brian Mercer

Electronic Cocktail Napkins:
Organizing Story Ideas with Liquid Story Binder

by Brian Mercer

Want Not
by Laura Munson

Showing Emotion
by Adam Nichols

Those Peski Details
by Adam Nichols

Collections
by Jennifer Paros

Your Way
by Jennifer Paros

A Conversation with Raggedy Ann:
The Choice of Confidence

by Jennifer Paros

The Horse Ate an Alligator:
Follow the Rules... unless you don't want to...

by Jennifer Paros

Being Pinched:
The Power of Taking Criticism

by Jennifer Paros

You Know that You Know:
Leading Your Live, Creating Your Story

by Jennifer Paros

That's Not What You Are:
The Kindest Words

by Jennifer Paros

Working Easy:
One woman's desire to create problems
by Jennifer Paros

The End of an Error
by Jennifer Paros

Good Boss, Bad Boss
by Jennifer Paros

You Don't Understand
by Jennifer Paros

Convinced
by Jennifer Paros

Accidentally Optimistic
by Jennifer Paros

The Big Wave Theory
by Jennifer Paros

I Wish You Like This
by Jennifer Paros

Stuck Where You Are
by Jennifer Paros

True Genius  
by Jennifer Paros

Making a Mess  
by Jennifer Paros

Giving Ourselves a Chance  
by Jennifer Paros

The Answer Will Come  
by Jennifer Paros

By Choice: The Best Resolution of All  
by Jennifer Paros

Oh, Let Go
by Jennifer Paros

Rewrites and Scary Closets 
by Jennifer Paros

Writing into a Tree 
by Jennifer Paros

Giving Up 
by Jennifer Paros

The Pre-Made Decision
by Jennifer Paros

Babies, Butterflies, and Books: Faith in The Unknown Factor 
by Jennifer Paros

Trapped: Trying to Solve an Impossible Equation New!
by Jennifer Paros

The Romance Report - June 2008
by Jane Porter

The Romance Report: War of Words - July 2008
by Jane Porter

The Romance Report:  - August 2008
by Jane Porter

The Romance Report: Flirting with Books that Become Movies - December 2008
by Jane Porter

The Romance Report: New Starts - January 2009
by Jane Porter

The Romance Report: Thoughts We Think - February 2009
by Jane Porter

The Romance Report: For the Girls - March 2009
by Jane Porter

Authors Need Authors
by Katherine Pryor

Using a Laser Instead of a Shotgun
by Katherine Pryor

Check Your Bunny Slippers at the Door
by Katherine Pryor

Location Matters
by R.A. Riekki

Hating Your Project
Anna Sheehan

Top 6 Novel Writing Mistakes
by James Thayer

Dialogue Traps
by James Thayer

Cures for a Sagging Middle
by James Thayer

Five Big Tips About Setting
by James Thayer

Outline? Yea or Nay.
by James Thayer

Stop All That Thinking
by James Thayer

Ending a Scene
by James Thayer

Smooth the Action
by James Thayer

Chuckling and Twinkling:
The Pot-Clanging Words

by James Thayer

Suddenly, a Pause
by James Thayer

How Many Words a Day?
by James Thayer

The Critical First Sentence
by James Thayer

Genre: A Glorious Concept
by James Thayer

A Lesson from your Dog
by James Thayer

Seven Big Tips for Describing Characters
by James Thayer

Scratching – The Secret to Vivid Writing  
by James Thayer

Chop Off Whatever You Don’t Need  
by James Thayer

Your Story Template  
by James Thayer

The Sidekick: Better than Ten Thousand Relatives
by James Thayer

That’s So Yesterday: The Perils of Backstory 
by James Thayer

No Plot. Big Problem? Inventing a Plot 
by James Thayer

Hannibal, Nurse Ratched, the Shark? 
by James Thayer

Making Yellow More Yellow: The Power of Contrast  
by James Thayer

Fending Off Filters: A Key to Vivid Writing  
by James Thayer

The Essential Equation: P = T2 Plot Equals Trouble Squared  
by James Thayer

Grammar Tips with GrammarWorks
The Serial Comma: It's Back - May 2008
by Cherie Tucker

Grammar Tips with GrammarWorks
Quotation Punctuation - June 2008
by Cherie Tucker

Grammar Tips with GrammarWorks
Do You Have a Date? - July 2008
by Cherie Tucker

Grammar Tips with GrammarWorks
Who's Afraid of the Semicolon? - August 2008

by Cherie Tucker

Grammar Tips with GrammarWorks
In Case You Didn't Know - September 2008

by Cherie Tucker

Grammar Tips with GrammarWorks
Where, oh, Where Does That Little Mark Go? - October 2008
by Cherie Tucker

Grammar Tips with GrammarWorks
Let's Make a List - November 2008
by Cherie Tucker

Grammar Tips with GrammarWorks
It Happened When? - December 2008

by Cherie Tucker

Happy Holidays
Let's Make a List - January 2009
by Cherie Tucker

Did You Really Mean That? - February 2009
by Cherie Tucker

To Possess or Not to Possess - March 2009
by Cherie Tucker

Were You or Was You? - April 2009
by Cherie Tucker

The Pregnant Pause - May 2009
by Cherie Tucker

More About Possession - June 2009
by Cherie Tucker

The Verbing of Nouns - August 2009
by Cherie Tucker

Who, Whom, Which, and That - September 2009  
by Cherie Tucker

Another of the Pesky Commas - October 2009  
by Cherie Tucker

Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo - November 2009
by Cherie Tucker

To Be Con- - December 2009  
by Cherie Tucker

It's Not OK - February 2010
by Cherie Tucker

Making Lemonade - March 2010  
by Cherie Tucker

The Numbers Game - April 2010
by Cherie Tucker

Italics or Quotations Marks? - May 2010
by Cherie Tucker

The Numbers Game - June 2010
by Cherie Tucker

Dashes or Parentheses - July 2010  
by Cherie Tucker

The Writer's Bible - August 2010  New!
by Cherie Tucker

It’s Only Right: Writing about Social Responsibility for Children  
by Christine Venzon

Telling the Truth
by Laura Yeager

To Teach or Not to Teach
by Laura Yeager

Making Lemonade
by Laura Yeager

You Can Change Your Writing Ritual  New!
by Laura Yeager


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