Some stories were meant to be standalone books. Others, like author Cristie M. Locsin's The Value of Equality , were not. Sometimes there's a sequel or two waiting for your characters that you never knew existed. Find out how she discovered there was...

Some stories were meant to be standalone books. Others, like author Cristie M. Locsin's The Value of Equality , were not. Sometimes there's a sequel or two waiting for your characters that you never knew existed. Find out how she discovered there was...

Chuck Sambuchino, freelance editor and author of the "Guide to Literary Agents" Blog, discusses the advantages of guest blogging and explains why it is such a great opportunity for up-and-coming authors. He explains how guest blogging is a win-win...

Chuck Sambuchino, freelance editor and author of "Guide to Literary Agents" Blog, discusses the advantages of guest blogging and explains why it is such a great opportunity for up-and-coming authors. He explains how guest blogging is a win-win situation...

It can be scary to open yourself and your work up to criticism in a writing group, especially if it is not the right group of people for you. But peer critique and writing groups are a necessary step in the writing and editing process to get your book...

It can be scary to open yourself and your work up to criticism in a writing group, especially if it is not the right group of people for you. But peer critique and writing groups are a necessary step in the writing and editing process to get your book...

In today’s world, when you talk about research, you’re generally talking about the Internet. Some folks think that anything and everything they could possibly want to know is just a mouse click away. For some purposes, that may be true, but for travel...

Beginning a story is, for some writers, the hardest part of a manuscript. The difficulty is often a matter of not knowing how to write an exciting enough first line or first page. M. Todd Gallowglas, writer, critic, and educator, explains how to write...

Managing the submission process for short fiction can be frustrating, like any writing process that could end in rejections. In the clip below, José Pablo Iriarte, author and educator, discusses his process for writing and circulating his short fiction...

How often do you write? Where and when do you write? Where do your ideas come from? Do you outline? How much do you research? If you think you have to hide away in a cabin for four months to write your novel, or that you have to know the entire story...