The Secret to Creating a Cast of Characters
How important is the cast of characters within a book? I have been gnawing on this question for some time,[…]
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How important is the cast of characters within a book? I have been gnawing on this question for some time,[…]
Read morePlease welcome guest author Laura Essay, who will discuss her novel centered on the opioid crisis, and what inspired her[…]
Read moreNothing makes your characters pop off the page like well chosen phrases in their dialog. Have her use specific, well[…]
Read moreUSA Today and Amazon bestselling and award-winning author Lois Winston writes mystery, romance, romantic suspense, chick lit, women’s fiction, children’s[…]
Read moreI was recently at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival in Suffolk, Virginia, a yearly event I enjoy attending because it[…]
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Read moreSigns and portents, my dear readers, signs and portents. Last week, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt all along the[…]
Read moreWho said that about whom? Of course, that’s how F. Scott Fitzgerald, through Nick, described Daisy Buchanan’s voice in The[…]
Read moreWhether it’s a bus belching fumes as it rounds a corner, or the sweet scent at the back of a[…]
Read moreThink back—way back—maybe to your childhood or high school days. And think of a person you remember vividly—someone other than your family or personal friends. I did this recently and immediately thought of an unexpected person—Mildred Rowley, one of my mother’s childhood friends.
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