I can relate. In order to be successful at wrestling you can’t rely on sight, your reaction will be too slow. You have to react to what you… lukeswensen 29 August 2020 0 Comments
The beauty of Big Time – and a dialogue request I was going to talk dialogue this week, only then I noticed the date. The last Friday of August, a tipping point for the year.… Harry 28 August 2020 115 Comments
Villains I am wondering how much mystery I should keep surrounding my villain. I notice lots of authors hold the cards close to their chest when… lukeswensen 28 August 2020 9 Comments
The key to strong literary prose How to make your literary writing sing Good literary fiction is built on beautiful prose and unique style. This newsletter delves into what makes prose… Sarah 25 August 2020 1 Comment
Oh holy land of research I’m a crime writer, a genre famous for its gritty realism. Raymond Chandler and his important predecessor, Dashiell Hammett, took the crime novel away from… Harry 21 August 2020 7 Comments
New member/old story Hi everyone. Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before. I had a good idea for a novel. I started writing. I wrote… sam.tarr 20 August 2020 18 Comments
Finalising your text before self-publishing How do you know when a book is ‚Äòready‚Äô to be published?¬† There comes a time when all writers need to down tools and declare… Sarah 18 August 2020 0 Comments
KDP’s best kept secrets It occurred to me today, as I’m preparing for our next publication (more on that soon!), how tricky the KDP dashboard is to navigate when… Rachael 17 August 2020 3 Comments
Chasing monkeys This week, I had a plan. I had an actual plan for what to write to you about – a plan inspired by a publishing… Harry 14 August 2020 4 Comments
Scot up my dialogue? Dear fellow writers, I am writing a novel with a Scottish main character, which starts out in Scotland and moves on to different countries. I… kristin-anderson 13 August 2020 5 Comments