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New Authors Blog– Prose & Cons are breaking out!
Today is the day folks! Our new authors blog, Prose & Cons on Blogger launches today. The Prose Cons are authors, literary agents, publishers, book reviewers and editors– books start with us. We…
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Interview with Cat Burglar, Shawny Daniels
I am pleased to have with us today Shawny Daniels from Timber Point. To give you a little background about Shawny, she is my protagonist (and friend) from Timber Point, Dancing In The…
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Hannibal TV show. Why I love it and how fiction writers can learn from it.
WARNING: Images are NOT suitable for all ages. They are NOT real, but still may cause nightmares in young children. Hannibal is by far one of my favorite shows on TV. The writers…
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5 Tips for a Killer Ending
Most readers want a resolution, an ending to satisfy their need to see that everything worked out. That’s one way to go. Or you can go a different route. Who can forget movies…
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Five Elements of Thriller Writing… Creating Suspense and Tension in Thrillers
I decided to research tips about creating intense suspense, twists, and turns in thriller writing. If who haven’t checked out my earlier posts on sequel writing, you can review them here: Your Inner…
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Creating Characters in Fiction
In an earlier post Character Building– Why is JUSTIFIED justified in fiction writing I wrote about character traits. Today I’d like to delve a little deeper. Characters are the most important element of…
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Murder Blog Make-over & A fiction writing challenge for YOU!
MURDER BLOG has a whole new look! As most of you know, I’m taking the Blogging 201 challenge. The last few days it has been all about redesigning your blog to make it…
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Freytag's Pyramid in Fiction Writing, Rejection Letters, What not to do on your blog/website
Lately I’ve come across several blogs and websites used solely for a place to complain. We, as writers, deal with rejection all the time. Rejection is hard. When that agent/editor/publisher tells you they are going…
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Showing structuring: scene, sequel, and MRUs in a novel
So many people enjoyed my recent post, The Importance of MRUs that I thought I’d show you large-and-small-scale structuring of a scene and sequel using MRUs. Actually, I got the most followers from that post.…
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Readers skipping pages??
I’m sorry I haven’t posted much original stuff thus far. I’ve been so busy working on my new novel and haven’t had time. Today I carved out an hour to do some housekeeping…
