In my twenty-plus years of teaching fiction techniques, I have only recommended a handful of books to my students and clients. Those include: Dwight Swain’s…
Published author. Crime fiction writer (mysteries and suspense).
Category: Writer
On this day, 90 years ago, the world lost a remarkable author with a unique personality–-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s personal life was as creative and…
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines criticism as the art of evaluating works of art or literature. In a perfect world, writing groups offer objective, insightful, helpful criticisms but…
With barely controlled excitement, a friend confided she had found the perfect plot for a novel—a coven of “white witches” had intruded her town. Although…