You may have noticed something new recently at Writer Unboxed: advertisements at the top of the left-hand column. (We just finished running an ad for Chris Abouzeid, author of Anatopsis.) With the help of our assistant, we’ve created informational kits…

Therese here. You know Kath and I loved Robin LaFevers‘ guest post on April 6th, The Writer’s Life is Full of Second Chances (or: Abandon Despair, All Ye Who Enter Here). Our guess is that you did too if your…

Kath here again! Bestselling author and valued contributor Barbara O’Neal’s latest novel The Garden of Happy Endings, has released today, and we’re thrilled to be able to have her share her writer’s journey with us. Kirkus calls it a warm romance…

Kath here. We’re so pleased to share the news that valued contributor M.J. Rose’s latest book, The Book of Lost Fragrances, has released! When Therese and I met with M.J. last summer in NYC, she was deep in the throes…

talking about writing and inspirations and blahblah…

Therese here. We recently received a craft question in the WU mailbox, from a writer grappling with how best to show and tell emotion in fiction. I passed the question along to Dave King, editor and author of Self-Editing for…

The reviews are in, and we’re thrilled to share the news that people love the new smart-phone friendly WU newsletter: The format is great–short, interesting articles /essays. Kudos! Thank you thank you thank you. Simple, concise, useful writing advice delivered…

So you know we’re not happy unless we’re trying something new. Our latest push: gearing up to premier a spanky new Writer Unboxed newsletter in March. This newsletter isn’t a regurgitation of what you’ve already read here. It’ll offer fresh…

As many of you know, our first-ever WU auction was plagued last weekend due to a distributed denial-of-service attack, which took out our site, forced us to change hosts and IP addresses, and generally gave us a lot of gray…

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Thanks to all who contributed logos in the Writer Unboxed logo contest. The competition was fierce, with forty entries vying for our affections. In the end, we gravitated toward a few logos that used imagery to show a sort of…

Just under eight hours left in the WU auction! Up for grabs, (1) a rotating ad that’ll be on our site for two weeks (current high bid: $175), (2) a premier skyscraper ad that’ll be on our site for two…

Hi everyone, If you’ve experienced problems with links, or any other form of wonky-ness relating to your experience at WU between Friday and today, we want you to know you’re not alone. On Friday, our web host informed us that…

Update: The auction has ended! Thank you for all who participated–and who tried to participate–despite the problems the site had over the weekend. We appreciate all of you. ____________________________ As promised, our first ever Writer Unboxed auction begins today. We…

Want to bid to win a guest post opportunity with Writer Unboxed? The winning post will go live on Writer Unboxed in March of this year, on a FRIDAY. We only put a blog post up for bid once before,…

Want to bid to have your book appear as one of three profiled ads in a Writer Unboxed rotating ad? Your ad will run for two weeks in our sidebar, anytime within the next year. You tell us when. Look…

Want to bid to win Writer Unboxed’s skyscraper ad space? Your ad will run at the top of our sidebar for two weeks, anytime within the next year. You tell us when. Look at the top-left sidebar of our homepage.…

Kath here. Many of you know longtime WU community member Lisa Janice Cohen from her lively guest posts and insightful comments over the years. It’s been a long road to publication for L.J., one that we can all sympathize. But…

We have plans. Oh, do we have plans. In the coming months, you’ll hear a lot about a WU newsletter. This newsletter, which we hope to publish regularly, will be filled with fresh and valuable content from contributors you already…

We have plans. Oh, do we have plans. In the coming months, you’ll hear a lot about a WU newsletter. This newsletter, which we hope to publish regularly, will be filled with fresh and valuable content from contributors you already…

Writer Unboxed will be taking a little break between now and the first of the year. We have big plans for 2012, but we’d also like to hear from you about what you’d like to see here in the coming months.…

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. We’ll be taking a break today to celebrate, reflect on what we’re thankful for . . . and to EAT!  Speaking of eating, valued contributor, resident expert on all things French, and gourmand Sophie Masson is running a series…

Six years ago, when we—Kath and Therese—dreamed up a blog called Writer Unboxed, we never would’ve imagined writing a post like this. Our initial goal for our little blog was pretty simple: Discuss the craft of writing fiction with other…

It began when we–Therese and Kath–were together on a long car ride. Maybe it was the result of too much caffeine. Or the fact that since starting and growing Writer Unboxed into a successful online community for writers, we’d been…

Kath here. Our very own Anna Elliott has released the third and final book in her historical fantasy trilogy, SUNRISE OF AVALON. It’s a huge milestone for any writer, and we are so pleased to be able to share journey…

Writer Unboxed is taking the day off to spend with our favorite peeps. Happy Easter to those who celebrate the day. For those who don’t, the hook contest awaits you. Until tomorrow… Photo courtesy Flickr’s TBoard…

One of the perks of running this community is occasionally a post will yield unexpected benefits, and that is exactly what happened when valued contributor Sophie Masson posted about her love of Mary Stewart. Well, the Internet is a wonderful…

Kath here.  Each year Therese and I look forward to devising a writing contest for the WU community. Last year’s Original Analogy contest was one for the books, and this year’s contest was no different.  Therese and I want to…

Kath here. We love it when our contributors have new releases to squee about. Today, valued contributor Sophie Masson’s latest YA mystery, THE UNDERSTUDY’S REVENGE, releases Feb. 1 by Scholastic. Though it’s currently only available in Australia, it could be…

Kath here. 2010 is just about ovah! It’s been an eventful year, hasn’t it? But 2011 is shaping up to be even better. Therese and I have a few tasty goodies cooking on the WU burner which we’ll serve up…

Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season! See you back here on the 27th with new posts by Therese Walsh and Jane Friedman, and a Take Five interview with Barbara O’Neal. Photo courtesy Flickr’s Jaime973…