Self-care for writers
Writing takes a toll on writers’ bodies. We slouch over our keyboards. We peer all day at screens. We can[…]
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Category: Writers inspirations
Bruce Robert Coffin: Writing with a Partner
Bruce Robert Coffin is a retired police detective sergeant and bestselling author of the Detective Byron Mysteries. He lives and[…]
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I Have a Hangover (No, Not That Kind)
I just turned in the manuscript for A Collection of Lies, Book 5 in the Kate Hamilton Mysteries, and I’m in mourning. The book actually took eleven months to write, but the final three months were intense. I spent almost a year with those people in Devon, England. How can I blithely say, “Goodbye—nice knowing you?”
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Female Detectives to Die For
No, not Cagney and Lacey, although they remain a very popular team from television. Norwegian crime writer Anne Holt (ret.[…]
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What’s The Point (of Art)?
I was going to write about something else, but the news of Sinéad O’Connor’s passing hit me a bit hard,[…]
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Becoming a Debut Author: Kim Herman Shapiro
Please welcome Kim Herdman Shapiro to Miss Demeanors. Kim’s roots in journalism and poetry, in print, broadcast, and video, took[…]
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What’s in a Name?
A. A. Milne, J. K. Rowling, J. M. Barrie, G. K. Chesterton, E. B. White, C. S.[…]
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I’ve Seen the Future
And I Can’t Wait to Get My Hands On It If you’re a geek and an Apple fan like me,[…]
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MICHELE ON THE LAM
How I came to be living on the lam is a long story, starting with living in Massachusetts, where the[…]
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Using Description to Advance Plot and Deepen Character
I’ve often heard from beta readers that they need a physical description of a character to picture him or her.
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