Janet Fitch's 10 Rules of Writing

If you missed this list, check it out here . The LA Times reprinted Janet's rules last month. These are worth printing out and keeping n...

The Truth About The Mayan Apocalypse

If you didn't read  Veronica Sicoe 's post on why the Apocalypse won't kill you  last week, you totally missed out. Go read it, ...

Plotters, Pantsters, And Self-Pubbing Success

Mona, the  Montana Scribbler , had  Rasana Atreya  (author of  A Thousand Lies )  guest-posting  on her blog today. If you're ever consi...

Dog Days of Summer

Down here in the Caribbean it's summer year-round, which makes it difficult to write about anything summer-specific. Barbecues, poolside...

WRiTE Club!

Cruising Altitude 2.0 is running WRiTE Club again! Sign up here  and get ready for a one-on-one twelve-week-long fest of 500-word-long lite...

Childhood Monsters

Christine Rains  is celebrating the release of her book Fearless  by hosting a Childhood Monster Blogfest from Aug. 7 to 9--post on any of t...

WIP Update

It's coming close to the one-year anniversary of me typing THE END on this WIP of mine on August 15th last year. As a pantster I knew I...

Becky Levine on Critiques & Time

If you're a writer and you missed Becky Levine's post on giving critiques time-- how  could you miss it? Even Nathan Bransford pick...

On Crime And Honor

This morning, in that misty land between waking and dreaming I hover after hitting snooze the first (or second) time, a realization on the m...