First off, thank you to everyone who participated in our first blogfest here at Unicorn Bell. The quality of the entries was amazing, and it...

Today's the day! I can't wait to make the rounds and see what picture you chose and what story you came up with. Hopefully, I'll...

As most of our followers know, the movie version of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games opens in theaters today. If you haven't read ...

“The vole was huddled in frozen terror under the crumbling bark of a fallen tree.” How would you re-write this sentence composed three...

When I critique another’s chapters, I leave comments such as ‘use simple verbs, simple nouns’. My reasoning is clear. Keep the mes...

Editing First drafts are meant for no eyes but your own your eyes only. It shows your brain’s progress . It highlights a secret pro...

And because this looks like fun and there are lots of intriguing pictures from which to choose from, I hope you'll consider signing up ...

Today we have the first chapter of Brooke Busse's novel, THINKING OF YOU. She'd like to specifically know whether the reader is conf...

Today we have another first chapter, this one from Hope Robertson's novel MY PROTECTOR: THE CALLING. My comments are in purple and I ho...

Here's the second part of Donna Hole's first chapter from her novel  NOT HER MOTHER’S FATE. My comments are in purple and don't...

Last month I asked for your first chapters and I got more than than I could handle at the time! But because of the response I'm doing it...

It's been another fun week here for me at Unicorn Bell. The prompts you have come up with have been truly interesting. I'll have to ...