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Writing Craft:

Lead Character Goal Selection and the Preservation of Self-Concept

Adventures In Editing: A Tale of Wonderment

Believable Young Adult Romance

Writing Toward Your Midpoint

Defining the Lead Character (as demonstrated by Winnie the Pooh)

Back to Basics: Every Scene Must Have Conflict

Defining Your Catalyst, Your Inciting Incident, and Your Premise (and how they all work together to create Act One)

The Crying Game

Voice Is Not Everything (but it is vitally important)

Make Your Ending as Big as Possible

Selecting the Proper Hook

The Conflict of Choice

Make Every Character Count

Back to Basics: What Makes a Story a Story?

Spring Cleaning Checklist for Your WIP

Writing a Compelling Second Half

What Came First, the Character or the Plot?

Nailing Your Teen Voice

Describing a Character's Physical Features

How Firm Is Your Handshake?

The Benefits of Writing Short Fiction

The (Not So) Perfect Protagonist

Learning from a Lycan


Publishing:

If You Can't Say It Succinctly Then Don't Say It at All

Back to Basics: Writing a Query (slash) Pitch (slash) Jacket Blurb

3 Things You Can Leave Out of Your Query, and 3 Things You Should Include

On Behalf of Literary Agents

Writing & Publishing Tips & Tricks from Editor Anica Rissi

Short Story Submission and Publication

How Querying Agents Is Like the American Idol Auditions

My Successful Query, Point by Point

Gauging Your Story's Marketability

What Form Rejection Means to Me

The Nicest Rejection Letter I've Ever Received


Social Networking:

There Has to Be a Better Way - My Thoughts on Twitter Promo

We Will Always Need Blogs for Writers

How to Be a Twitterific Blogger 

Blogs: A Writer's Best Friend - guest post by Angela Ackerman 


Writing Life:

Knowing When to Let Go

One Reason Why I'll Never Quit My (Non-Writing) Job

Back to Basics: Writing Is Hard

Positive and Negative Effects of eReading

For the (Secret) Love of Vampires

Conquering Writer's Block - When the Writing Gets Tough the Writer Gets Tougher

How Well-Read Are You? 

Quotable Quotes

When Every Word Is a Struggle

Am I a Writer?