We can finally look forward to the next—and unfortunately last—book in Amie Irene Winters' Strange Luck series. Up for pre-order now, A Darling Secret will be released September 22, and it's quite a shocking conclusion to the series! Grab your copy today! ~~~ A...
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Author Chat: Romantic Comedy Author Elle Viviani
Summer is the perfect time to find your new romantic comedy book addiction. Enter Elle Viviani! This new author is publishing a book a month of light, sassy reads with great sparks of humor. Plus her debut novel, Fiancée Forgery, weaves in her fascinating former...
Killer Stories: Pick Your Poison
If you're a crime writer, a mystery novelist, or you just need to bump off a character without violence or bloodshed, using poison might be your cup of tea...or maybe in their cup of tea. Sometimes writers think it's easy to just pick out any poison and use it to kill...
Got Writer’s Block? 3 Outside-The-Box Ideas To Break Free
If you've ever had writer's block - and what writer hasn't? - you know how frustrating it is. You've got a story to tell, it's banging on the walls of your brain trying to get out, but you just can't hear what it wants to say. Or you want to enter a writing contest...
The Dark New World of YA Neo-Noir Fiction Writing
Dark streets. Shadowy figures. Tough talk. A dead body. Have we just walked into a 1930s Humphrey Bogart film noir movie? No, we're stepping into one of the hot new contemporary subgenres: YA neo-noir. Noir writing made a big comeback a few years ago, but the...
Adele’s Lesson To Writers – And Everyone Else
"I'm sorry. I can't mess this up..." "I was devastated." These are the now world-famous words of Grammy Award winner Adele, who showed the world that even in front of millions of people, it's better to stop, start over and do it right rather than forge ahead with a...
Fantasy Writers: Magazines for Your Story Submissions
If you're a fantasy writer looking to submit short stories to magazines, you know how time consuming and frustrating it can be searching online for the right fit, spending precious time clicking and clicking when you'd rather be writing and submitting. We're going to...
How To Destroy Action and Suspense Scenes
You're reading an action scene; things are really getting hot. Who will live? Will someone die? Is there a chase that's moving like lightning? You're reading a suspense scene; it's really intense. Will the protagonist be discovered? Will the escapee be recaptured? Can...
Better Safe Than Sued: Lyric Legalities
One of the most common issues we advise our clients about is the legality of using lyrics in their writing. Lyrics are extremely tempting to use in books because they set a tone, express a feeling, create atmosphere and convey a message everyone can relate to. But...
Dissecting The Fine Print: Premade Book Covers
There's no question that authors can save a lot of money by buying premade book covers for their books rather than hiring a designer to custom-make a cover. But there's a lot of "fine print" - that annoying agreement that really needs to be read before you sign on the...