Hemingway’s Tips for Writers
Happy 2025! As many of us start new writing projects, I came across these seven tips for writers from Ernest[…]
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Category: Books
The Mystery Cure
Have you been craving stories about serial killers lately? Me too! And it turns out there are reasons for that.[…]
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On Writing Historicals: Celeste Connolly and her Lady Petra series
I decided this year to challenge myself as a writer, and am attempting a stand alone historical between my Nora[…]
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How do book clubs choose?
The other day I read about a book club that chose only books with one word titles. That’s good news[…]
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Dales Detective Series: Julia Chapman
I was looking for a new series to bring on my book tour in June, paperbacks I could easily pack[…]
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None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
When you’ve been a writing teacher for as long as I have, it’s impossible to read a novel, especially a[…]
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Voice Over Artistry: Lucinda Gainey
When I decided to put my books into Audible, I searched for the right narrator for the Trudy Genova Mysteries.[…]
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In Defense of Daydreaming, Wasting Time, and Libraries
“Doesn’t pay attention in class.”
That was a common remark on my school report cards, along with “tends to daydream,” and “head in the clouds.” I know because my mom was a saver, and I still have a box of those early evaluations. To her credit, I don’t remember a single time she berated me for not coming home with all A’s.
Perseverance
The first time I saw Brian Thiem, he was reading from his novel, Red Line, and I was awed. Not[…]
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Autofiction
One could argue that all fiction is autofiction, to a degree. After all, we can only experience the world through[…]
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