Features
Best foot forward
By Jack SmithTop authors answer: What’s the single best thing you can do to improve your writing?
Love language
By Kerrie FlanaganRomance is one of the most lucrative genres on the planet – and the authors who write it are some of the smartest, savviest, and most creative minds in the industry. Here’s everything you need to know about writing – and publishing – your own happily ever after.
Good fences make good stories
By Rebekah L. FraserHow writers balance strong personal relationships with a writing career.
Strong • Interesting • Complex • FEMALE
By Jacqueline SheehanIn a genre dominated by two-dimensional sexy sirens and damsels in distress, acclaimed thriller authors Lee Child and Paul Doiron are creating realistic female characters that offer way more than sex appeal.
The best writing conferences across America
ByWe asked, you voted. Here are our readers’ top picks for the best writing conferences in each state.
Departments
Creativity cross training
By Jennifer L. BlanckWhat to take to a writing residency or retreat.
Let me introduce myself...
By Pete CroattoYou can ask a more established writer for help – just give your request some thought first.
Shark Reef
By Melissa HartThis inspired literary journal is powered by lyrical writers and strong voices, not the whims of modern publishing trends.
Historical Novel Society of North America Conference
By Melissa HartThis three-day conference will inform and energize authors looking to blend historical fact with fiction.
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