What is a "Cracker Queen?" That's the question memoirist, radio commentator, and marketing consultant Lauretta Hannon hopes will peak the interest of potential readers and listeners. It all started when she began sharing her stories about her outrageous...

As a radio commentator, marketing consultant, teacher, and newspaper columnist, Lauretta Hannon has been in the communications industry a long time. When she considered pursuing writing her memoir The Cracker Queen she faced many internal hurdles and...

Award-winning journalist Georgia Lee believes that her career in journalism has been her best writing teacher. She learned how to ask questions and conduct research to understand the topics she was writing about, all with high standards and under tight...

Award-winning journalist Georgia Lee believes that her career in journalism has been her best writing teacher. She learned how to ask questions and conduct research to understand the topics she was writing about, all with high standards and under tight...

Attending writing conferences can be a great way for writers and authors to network, learn, and improve their craft. To get even more out of these types of events, media arts instructor Dan Watanabe recommends that attendees challenge themselves and...

Fiction writing and nonfiction writing require two very different approaches, and often, two very different parts of the brain. As a former journalist and now fiction author, Christina Hoag can clearly see how writing a novel differs from writing something...

Writing true-life stories can subject authors to a “minefield” of potential risks, says Greg Victoroff, Esq., partner at Greg Victoroff & Associates. There are a couple laws and rights to keep in mind. Libel laws protect people against defamation, which...

Third Day lead guitarist Mark Lee has spent 25 years working very hard to build his platform and audience as a musician. More recently, as the author of the newly released memoir Hurt Road , Lee has been focusing on building a different kind of audience...

You just put the last period on the first draft of your manuscript. Now what? Resist the urge to go back to page 1 to start editing. You’ll get lost in details. Instead, edit with a plan that will guide you from fixing big picture issues like structure...