Tag Archives: Nora Roberts

Plot Fixer: Part 3 — A Lack of Goals

Posted on June 1, 2012 by writersinthestorm

Writers In The Storm welcomes back Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo for some more plot-fixing magic. Kara is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than sixty novels of romance and romantic suspense for Harlequin and Random House. AND she’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging Guests, Craft, Kara Lennox, Miscellaneous | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 23 Comments

Too Many Choices – A NYT Author Decides

Posted on May 18, 2012 by writersinthestorm

By Susan Squires What a crazy, confusing and possibly wonderful world publishing is today. The traditional publishing world is under duress and their business model depends more and more on writers who are already selling a zillion books. While they … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging Guests, Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication, Miscellaneous | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

The Most Important Writing Lesson I Ever Learned

Posted on December 26, 2011 by writersinthestorm

By Jenny Hansen Based on the title of this post, you might think I’m going to talk about plotting or character arcs or 3-Act structure… That’s a big fat “Nope!” to all three. There’s a lesson that comes before all … Continue reading →

Posted in Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication, Inspiration | Tagged , , , , , , | 36 Comments

Guest Post: Straight from Sue Grimshaw’s computer . . .

Posted on July 29, 2011 by writersinthestorm

This week’s Sensational Summer Friday guest post is from Sue Grimshaw! Sue was the romance book buyer for Borders and Waldenbooks stores for more than a decade. As of April this year, Sue is Ballantine Bantam Dell’s Category Specialist & Editor At Large. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging Guests, Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

Writing for Two Publishers

Posted on June 8, 2011 by writersinthestorm

By Charlotte Carter For a working author it’s often a good idea to write for two different publishers. In my case I write for Guideposts Books and Love Inspired Romance. That gives me an opportunity to write more books and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging Guests, Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

How to Build Your Writing Team

Posted on March 9, 2011 by writersinthestorm

I learned about the four character requirements of teamwork: openness, generosity, flexibility and patience. Of course I thought of how this applies to writing. Many writers feel that they are flying solo when nothing could be further than the truth. The process of getting a book published requires a massive amount of teamwork and every single one of the above qualities. Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments