Highly experienced editor Cynthia Clampett discusses her five rules for writing nonfiction and offers up some amazing horror stories of writers gone wrong.

Please welcome our new guest host, Alanna Klapp, as she discusses writing fiction with author John Derhak.

In this commentary, Blake has fun!

"Naomi and her best friend just turned 14. Now the friend is pregnant and Naomi is pissed. Pregnancy changes everything. It was definitely not part of the plans."

"Some divine messages come from upon high, while some come from the East End."

In this commentary, Blake explains how to end your movie.

How do you write a historical novel about a person so shadowy that almost nothing is known about her?

Please join Christine Blake and host Paula B. as they discuss:

How we know what we do about Mary Magdalene

Which sources Christine relied on, and how she evaluated them

What she extrapolated, and how she came up with her conclusions

How she handled contradictions in her sources

How important it is to be accurate in historical fiction.

Writers' conferences can be expensive. Are they worth it? Get the lowdown from an agent and two veteran conference attendees.

Please join agent Kristin Nelson, writers Frances Julia Kemp and Del Landis, and host Paula B. as they tour the conference landscape, including:

What to expect from a conference

How much writers' conferences cost

What agents who go to conferences are looking for

How to pitch agents and publishers at conferences

What to wear

How best to enjoy a tipple at a conference.

Find out what our 2008 first-prize winner is all about.

Please join Linda Simoni-Wastila and host Paula B. as they explore:

Where her story came from

What it was like to write in the voice of a 19-year-old boy

How she would describe her style

What was easy and difficult in the writing of Brighter Than Bright

What her writing goals are

What she'd like her Contemporary Authors entry to say

Why she writes about the things she does.

In this commentary, Blake explains how you can sneak exposition into your script and entertain viewers at the same time.