Writing from the Peak Archive

Time Warps. Misplaced Modifiers. By; Terry Odell You don’t have to read science fiction to run into a time warp. At the very first writer’s […]

By Leeann Betts (excerpt from Nuggets of Writing Gold) I keep promising myself that one of these years, I’m going to enjoy summer. Instead of […]

By: John B. Roberts, II Surf camp in Costa Rica is a funny place to realize you need a co-author. I was unsuccessfully trying to […]

Need some inspiration? Have coffee with Leeann Betts as she shares how she is inspired at her local coffee shop.

By Christina Lorenzen Most writers spend hours every day on social media, whether Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Spending so much time, one would think social […]

Make a Social Media Presence – Margena Holmes guides you through the maze of social media.

By: Leeann Betts. Without considering genre, time period, or elevator pitch, ask yourself, “What do I write?”

By: Terry Odell When we’re writing, we want the reader to keep turning pages. There are lots of ways to do this. Donald Maass speaks […]

This week we have two articles that take a look at Post-Conference. The first from Kim Krisco shares his thoughts on his first conference experience, […]

Writing a book rarely happens in a vacuum. We get an idea, a nugget of dialog, perhaps a snippet of setting, maybe even a title, […]

By: Terry Odell As writers, we’re encouraged to include all five senses in our writing. Most of us are guilty of relying too heavily on […]

Facebook bought Instagram for a cool $1 billion, and put its juggernaut of an advertising platform behind it. For that reason alone, it’s worth a […]

By: K.J. Scrim No matter where you are in your writing career you should attend at least one writing conference every year. For every writer […]

Cover Design and Self Publishing By Donna Schlachter Cover Design Research tells us we have less than five seconds to capture our reader’s attention, and […]

By: Kathie Scrimgeour With PPW’s new anthology, FRESH STARTS, publishing today it seemed appropriate to talk a little about anthologies. Back in August I wrote a […]

By: Jenny Kate Clubhouse is the hottest social media outlet on the internet right now.But how familiar with it are you? Is it right for […]

By: Terry Odell Whether you’re traditionally published, indie published, or working on getting published, you want to present the best possible reading experience. I edit […]

Self-Editing By Donna Schlachter Okay, you’re getting close to the end of writing your book. You’ve checked the character arcs, the plot lines, sub-plots are […]

By: Jenny Kate There are so many reader newsletters out there that it is hard to keep up with. I know you keep asking yourself: […]

Tips for Naming Characters By: Terry Odell Naming characters has always been a challenge for me. It seems my creativity comes to a screeching halt […]

By: Margena Holmes When I decided to write this blog I thought, “How can I—a person who doesn’t manage her time very well—write this?” Well, […]

By: Terry Odell When I began writing, my crit partners would often return my pages with passages labeled R.U.E: Resist the Urge to Explain. I […]

Writing a Series By Donna Schlachter As with all of the posts in this series, the information below is only a summary of how to […]

By: DeAnna Knippling Learning changes your brain, and it can, at times, feel exhausting. Don’t give up when things look their worst—because you might be […]

Or – How to love not knowing what the hell you’re doing. By: Bowen Gillings I am a huge fan of Pikes Peak Writers’s Write […]