New Year, New Us!

1/1/13

New Year, New Us!

Happy New Year and welcome to our remodeled blog!

We've kept the old look that everyone loved, but made a few important changes:

1.) New name - We're excited to debut the new Five for Fiction name (and the awesome logo, courtesy of April Saunders Design)! The "lingerie" thing was kinda wigging folks out and not everyone enjoys typing that particular word into their work computer. In hindsight, we shoulda foreseen said difficulties, but we got hung up on alliteration. Anyhoo, we think the new name describes us perfectly and works well with #2 (dontcha love a good segue?)

2.) Focus - We admit, this one took us a minute to figure out. We eventually realized that what we really wanted was to allow people to get to know us. Quickly. As in five minutes. Top 5 lists seemed like a good way to do that, so that's what you'll be seeing this year: Top 5 lists from each of us on a given...

3.) Monthly theme - Maggie likes to call it the editorial calendar, but you know how she is :-) Check out the list over to the right, and while you're at it, take a gander at our new...

4.) Schedule - Everyone (guests included) has a regular date now so it's a little easier to keep track of your favorite Fiver and check in on her regular day. Which brings us to one of the most exciting changes, the addition of a...

5.) New voice- That's right, Ms. Kim Turner has joined the blog and we're so excited to have her! She just recently started writing seriously and has already racked up three full-length manuscripts about a family of late 1800s cowboys. Make sure to stop by and see her on the 16th of every month.

So there you have it.

 The Top Five

 of Five Writers 

in Five Minutes

Hope you enjoy the new format, beginning with January's theme:

 

The Bucket List

Thanks for visiting. We hope to see you again soon!