Pen's uncle is a cop, and ever since she was able to crawl, she was being versed in the arts of stranger danger (and possibly a few karate, ninja-like moves). So when some unknown guy begins to chat her up through her car window, and then goes on to watch her as she drives away, she does what she's been taught: she goes to the cops. However, this turns out to be the least suspicious thing to occur in the following week. A new boy at Penelope's school invites her over to dinner, and suddenly she's being informed that she's involved in a prophecy (which was written on, excuse me, is that toilet paper?) to help stop an evil mastermind named Sir Dastardly and reclaim the prized Purity Crystal. Pen's reaction? (Well, after she goes a little crazy with her stun gun.) For reasons she still can't explain, to help him and his family take down Sir Dastardly and-so they tell her-to help save the world. Well, not all evil plots end the way we assume, right? [COMPLETED]

Reid has been homeless on the streets of New York for years now, fighting for cash in clubs and sleeping in empty buildings. With his special ability, Reid could have whatever life he wanted, but chooses not to. When Sam meets Reid on the subway, she has a hard time forgetting about him, and not only because he keeps showing up in the least likely of places. Sam doesn't know it at first, but the boy she just met is about to show her a whole other world.

A guide on how to show, not tell. A simple acronym I created that has been very helpful to many people I've critiqued and in my own writing.

A story isn't just a bunch of words slapped onto a page. It's a living, breathing manifestation of your imagination. This guide explores aspects most guides don't touch on such as memorable protagonists, world building, character psychology, and backstory, and many more. It will help you flesh out your ideas and make them fascinating and memorable.

I am not Alex Godfrey. But that's who I have to be, because being an agent of the Drug Enforcement Agency doesn't get you very far when you're working as an insider in the world's largest drug cartel. I'm not just working for the government, though. This time I'm out for more than justice. I'm out for revenge. I expected the danger. I expected the immorality. I expected the pain. What I didn't expect was falling in love with the cartel boss's daughter, unable to control myself even under the threat of death. And I definitely didn't expect to uncover a powerful conspiracy marching toward its mysterious plan.