Keep Learning: Writing and Editing Conferences
Here in northern Michigan, spring hasn't really been an event to anticipate. There's still an insane amount of snow on the ground, and temperatures are so far below normal that we're not busting out summer clothes, we're just happy to finally take off the long underwear. If you're anything like [...]
Find Your Mojo, Don’t Follow Someone Else’s by Elizabeth Maddrey
I’ve been writing forever—I love nothing better than losing myself in a fantasy, my own or someone else’s. It wasn’t until high school, though, that I started entertaining the idea of someday trying to be a published author. Once I decided I wanted to be better at writing, I started [...]
Everything Fiction: Empathy – The Key Component of Tension
Tension propels the best stories. It doesn't have to be a political thriller or murder mystery to include suspense. Our everyday lives revolve around dozens of tension-building events: paying the bills on time, getting through rush hour traffic, remembering to feed the cats. Any of these things can create tension [...]
Book Review: Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors by Kathy Ide
Learn how best-selling authors proofread their manuscripts to avoid typos, inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and errors in punctuation, usage, grammar, and spelling. Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors, by professional freelance author, editor, and proofreader Kathy Ide, is the essential go-to tool for aspiring and experienced writers and editors. This book includes all [...]
Author Interview: Diane Dean White
Introducing a fellow Michigander and novelist, Diane Dean White: --- Please tell us about yourself: I started my writing career at an early age when I asked for a typewriter for Christmas. I pounded the keys writing poetry and short stories in grade school on an old black Royal manual. [...]