The Midwest Writer's Workshop recently celebrated it's 50th year as an organization with a day of free panels and workshops for writers. Assistant Director Leah McNaughton Lederman says the organization's goal is to unite writers and provide a thriving...

Author and Third Day lead guitarist Mark Lee spent years trying to write that perfect first chapter and struggled to get past this need for perfection. He tried different tactics such as following NaNoWriMo to expedite the writing process but wasn...

Author and Third Day lead guitarist Mark Lee spent years trying to write that perfect first chapter and struggled to get past this need for perfection. He tried different tactics such as following NaNoWriMo to expedite the writing process but wasn...

Having worked with many authors and dozens of manuscripts over the years, ALC and Fuzeframe President Keith Ogorek sees common storytelling mistakes that derail opportunities for writers. One of the most common mistakes he sees authors making is not...

In recent years, diversity has become a hot topic in fiction. The lack of diversity in literature up until now means readers are very in-tune with representation in books. We see diversity everywhere in the real world—we want to see that diversity represented...

The fantasy genre is fantastical, includes unrealistic places, and has intricate and involved plots. Beyond the setting, however, fantasy fiction takes on many of the characteristics of other fiction genres. This helps explain why there are so many sub...

Stephen King once said, “To write is human, to edit is divine.” As an editor, I love that sentiment, but I know that many writers are not so sure what exactly an editor does. What’s the difference between a development editor and a copy editor? When...