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Hey, look--a contest at Writer Unboxed!

The folks at Writer Unboxed (About the craft and business of genre fiction) are running a contest in which writers make up a word (or two or three) and post their creations in the comments for eventual judging. The prize is a complete set of 2008 writer's market directories, including Poet's Market.

Details are here; and if you're interested in genre fiction, take a look around this great site (which includes interviews with top-notch writers and publishing industry professionals; an interview with our own Robert Brewer--Writer's Market editor as well as poetry blogger--will be posted there soon).

--Nancy

What the Death Card Revealed About My Writing Career, by Megan Tady
Writing Habits and Practices

What the Death Card Revealed About My Writing Career

Award-winning author Megan Tady shares how receiving the death card in relation to her future as an author created new opportunities, including six new habits to protect her mental health.

By Megan Tady
T.J. English: Making Bad Choices Makes for Great Drama
Creative Nonfiction Writing

T.J. English: Making Bad Choices Makes for Great Drama

In this interview, author T.J. English discusses how he needed to know more about the subject before agreeing to write his new true-crime book, The Last Kilo.

By Robert Lee Brewer
Holiday Fight Scene Helper (FightWrite™)
Resources

Holiday Fight Scene Helper (FightWrite™)

This month, trained fighter and author Carla Hoch gives the gift of helping you with your fight scenes with this list of fight-related questions to get your creative wheels turning.

By Carla Hoch
One Piece of Advice From 7 Horror Authors in 2024
Horror

One Piece of Advice From 7 Horror Authors in 2024

Collected here is one piece of advice for writers from seven different horror authors featured in our author spotlight series in 2024, including C. J. Cooke, Stuart Neville, Del Sandeen, Vincent Ralph, and more.

By Robert Lee Brewer
How to Make a Crazy Story Idea Land for Readers: Bringing Believability to Your Premise, by Daniel Aleman
Plot

How to Make a Crazy Story Idea Land for Readers: Bringing Believability to Your Premise

Award-winning author Daniel Aleman shares four tips on how to make a crazy story idea land for readers by bringing believability to your wild premise.

By Daniel Aleman
Why I Write: From Sartre to Recovery and Back Again, by Henriette Ivanans
Writing Habits and Practices

Why I Write: From Sartre to Recovery and Back Again

Author Henriette Ivanans gets existential, practical, and inspirational while sharing why she writes, why she really writes.

By Henriette Ivanans
5 Tips for Exploring Mental Health in Your Fiction, by Lisa Williamson Rosenberg
Character

5 Tips for Exploring Mental Health in Your Fiction

Author Lisa Williamson Rosenberg shares her top five tips for exploring mental health in your fiction and how that connects to emotion.

By Lisa Williamson Rosenberg
Chelsea Iversen: Follow Your Instincts
Historical

Chelsea Iversen: Follow Your Instincts

In this interview, author Chelsea Iversen discusses the question she asks herself when writing a character-driven story, and her new historical fantasy novel, The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt.

By Robert Lee Brewer
Your Story #134
Your Story

Your Story #134

Write a short story of 650 words or fewer based on the photo prompt. You can be poignant, funny, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story.

By Moriah Richard