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Every writer knows the benefits strong dialogue can bring to a story-a faster pace, greater believability, increased tension, and even humor.

But not every writer knows how to achieve it.

And, unfortunately, weak dialogue can destroy a story even faster than strong dialogue can improve it. Weak dialogue can drag the pace to a halt, make your characters feel stilted, and confuse your readers.

In other words, to write great fiction, you need to know how to write dialogue that shines.

In "Dialogue: A Busy Writer's Guide," writing instructor and fiction editor Marcy Kennedy shows...

Do you want readers to be so caught up in your book that they forget they're reading?

Then you need deep POV.

Deep POV takes the reader and places them inside of our characters-hearing their thoughts, feeling their emotions, and living the story through them. Compared to other writing styles, it builds a stronger emotional connection between the reader and our characters, creates the feeling of a faster pace, and helps avoid point-of-view errors and telling rather than showing.

In "Deep Point of View," writing instructor and fiction editor Marcy Kennedy brings her years of...

Not your same old boring grammar guide This book is fun, fast, and focused on writing amazing fiction.

The world of grammar is huge, but fiction writers don't need to know all the nuances to write well. In fact, some of the rules you were taught in English class will actually hurt your fiction writing, not help it.

"Grammar for Fiction Writers" won't teach you things you don't need to know. It's all about the grammar that's relevant to you as you write your novels and short stories.

Here's what you'll find inside:

Punctuation Basics including the special uses of dashes and...

Sweet, adorable Lacy has stolen Marcia Banks's heart, but money is tight. Like it or not, the service dog trainer needs to complete the human phase of training and deliver the dog to her new owner in order to get paid. But the former Army nurse client turns out to be a challenging trainee. On top of her existing neuroses-which go beyond the psychological damage from a sexual assault during her second tour in Afghanistan-the veteran is now being stalked.

When Marcia receives a bizarre warning to stay away from her client and Lacy is also caught in the stalker's malicious orbit,...