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From the President's Pen
President Robin Miller writes about trials by fire and the importance of getting back up–again and again.       More...

Tweakings: My Name Is Sheba, by Patti Lacy
Susan Lohrer tweaks Patti Lacy’s My Name Is Sheba and talks warmly about the sample’s vivid writing.       More...

My First Sale: Donn Taylor
In “My First Sale,” Lianne Lopes talks with Donn Taylor about poetry–and, of course, his first sale.        More...

Ask the Pros: Hooks and First Sentences
Bonnie Engstrom asks our panel about hooks and first lines. See what Randy Ingermanson, Deborah Raney, Colleen Coble, and Brandilyn Collins has to say about them.       More...

Let There Be Lite! Winter vs. Warm-Weather Writers
In “Let There Be Lite!” Rachael Phillips plows out from underneath an avalanche of snow to write about winter-weather vs. warm-weather writers.        More...

Genre City: Chill Out, Josey
Hot reviews of cool reads.
In “Genre City,” read reviews of Chill Out, Josey, by Susan May Warren; The Rogue’s Redemption, by Ruth Axtell Morren; and Ruby Among Us, by Tina Ann Forkner. Reviews written by Lisa Jordan, Lacy J. Williams, and Ane Mulligan.       More...

Genre City: The Rogue's Redemption
Hot reviews of cool reads.       More...

Genre City: Ruby Among Us
Hot reviews of cool reads.       More...

A Few Moments With....Chip MacGregor
Remember the guy in the kilt at the Awards Banquet last year? Well, learn more about him in Tiff Colter's feature on Chip MacGregor, who's an agent, and has been an editor and a writer.       More...