Sweet Success Archive

Today, April 12th, is the birth anniversary of Tom Clancy. Tom Clancy was once a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. Then […]

What are the “Peevie Jeevies” of Editors and Agents? Here are the top five, in no particular order, from agents and editors I have spoken […]

Susan Wiggs is one of the keynote speakers at PPWC2019, and she graciously shares this post with us about her writing process. I have the […]

Write Brain with Debbie Maxwell Allen – We’re all aware that readers are finding their favorite content in many places besides physical books. With this […]

Diversity. What is it, anyway? In this case, I mean specific categories: Race, sex and gender, orientations, ethnicity, national origins, religion, and so on. Diversity […]

Okay, I know it’s still a little too cold to be camping outside. But this is camping you can do at your computer. I’m talking […]

Note: This is Part 2 of a two part series. See yesterday’s post for Part 1. We pick up where we left off yesterday…. Your […]

What is the difference between marketing and promoting? How do you find comps for your new novel? DeAnna Knippling answers these and many more questions […]

Born today in 1965, Robert Sabuda is best known for his enormously successful popup books.  Robert was brought up in rural Michigan with few resources. […]

Dear Readers, My letter to you this month is coming a few days late. Sorry, but I have a really good reason. Writing from the […]

Today marks the birth anniversary of Ted Geisel, known to most as Dr. Seuss. He offered timeless advice to authors of every generation. Gabrielle V. […]

“But nobody reads emails!” “My inbox is already too full!” “I hate getting more email!” You’ve heard all this before. Five years ago, I would […]

Though none of us are new to the process of stringing words together, there comes a moment when we stop writing for the sake of […]

Danilo Kiš’ ; (22 Feb 1935 – 15 Oct 1989) novels and short stories are influenced by the death of his father in a Nazi […]

What’s involved in editing an anthology? As an editor you define the vision and theme for the project, select the stories to include, edit those […]

Subtext, Silly Okay, they’re going to revoke my comedy writer card for this, but I’m going to share with you the great secret of being […]

The obvious advantage, of course, that your story is published—and, depending on how the anthology is set up, you might make some money! But there […]

The topic of red herrings is a big one.  There are a million ways to distract or mislead a reader. But… There’s really only one […]

Dear Readers, With all the new developments here at Pikes Peak Writers I’m not sure if I can contain my excitement. PPW started as a […]

All the best this year for you word slingers out there. I hope your holiday season was full of joy and meaning. But now it’s […]

Traditional publishing has been inundated with submissions for years, and way back when, your only recourse was to make your manuscript stand out. You had […]

January’s Write Brain with Michelle Major and Lana Williams As a good friend of mine once said, “Sometimes life is one big flea.” Halfway through […]

Gloria Naylor (5 Jan 1950 – 28 Sep 2016) saw her debut novel, The Women of Brewster Place, (1982) win critical acclaim and become an […]

Every writer seems to want to shut up the little voice that says, “That thing you’re writing? It’s no good.” Just like we want the […]

Perhaps you participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) with great success. If so, congratulations to you and stop reading. This article is for the […]