Now-a-days, readers want excellent writing, but it needs to be straightforward. This makes it all the more important to place your metapho...

I would be cheating you if I'd kept all the great information learned at ACFW to myself.  After all, if you went to a fabulous conce...

Over the next few months, I’m going to tackle the heart of good fiction. Characters! Now, I know a lot of you plot-driven writers might d...

90...98...76... Its easy to focus on the numbers of contest results. Did you final or didn't you final? Behind these numbers is a...

I am a Food Network junkie. And my favorite show? Chopped. Ooh, I love a good competition and quick results! The competitors get a basket of...

Do you know what I love to do when I’m surrounded by the fabulously seductive smell of books in B&N? I adore flipping over book after bo...

I work for an elementary school and have the most glorious summers off. Last Friday was my first day of summer and my mind began to return t...

~*~Dreams~*~ They are the ethereal wispiness of wishes past and present and a grasp on what we hope will be coming in the future. And as w...

Time to celebrate that cold, white stuff that’s causing a lot of fuss and confusion right now across the U.S. Snow! Aren’t you just lovin...

What’s that sound? No. No, no! It’s getting dark in here. Thud. Great, we’ve lost her for good. Know what the above represents? Your char...

Pepper here, and I'm tickled all the way down to my funny bone to welcome famous author, speaker, and teacher, James Scott Bell. ( ...

September is here which means Fall is just around the corner... 18 days away to be precise. Not so sure I am eager to see the green and suns...

Have you visited Seekerville lately? If not, you should, that blog is so wonderful and such a great learning experience, that this weekend ...

In honor of our guest this week, Jen Stephen's post on goals , the weekend edition is all about making a goal and reaching for it. Do ...

Well, as usual, the Alley has been crowded with a wonderful array of visitors over the summer. Authors of various genres have stopped by our...