After the insanely busy workshop schedule in 2025, I don't know if I'm pleased to note I only have four scheduled this...
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Busy Lizzie, Editor At Large and Jill of All Genres
It’s that time of the year when reflection is upon us. Sometimes it’s fun — my husband just posted his Spotify Wrapped...
Story Behind the Story: Denied by Mary Keliikoa
Writers of mysteries have to calculate a lot of odds. What...
Story Behind the Story: Coming Home by Carmen Cook
Carmen Cook calls on her formative years in Montana to tell her story of a singing star coming home for redemption and love.
Story Behind the Story: The Steel Rose by Nancy Northcott
Historical fiction requires the ability to effectively...
Story Behind the Story: The Mermaid Mahjong Circle by Claudia Grossman
Claudia Grossman’s first novel is about being caught up in...
An Editor’s View of World-Building for Writers
Use Elizabeth M.S. Flynn’s world-building overview to populate your manuscript so that it will meet the editor and agent test.
Story Behind the Story: Crazy, Stupid, Dead by Wendy Delaney
The truth and memory are two important parts of all...
Story Behind the Story: The Way Home by Eliana West
Eliana West writes romances in which mistakes are...
Story Behind the Story: Lady Rample Steps Out by Shéa MacLeod
Apparently, when you dream a book, you should write it!...
Story Behind The Story: The Highlander’s Rescued Maiden by Anna Campbell
How many times have you been inspired by a photograph,...
