WHY WON’T JUST STOP OIL, JUST STOP? Why should they?
The British environmental activist group, Just Stop Oil, calls for the UK to stop licensing new oil, gas or coal[…]
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The British environmental activist group, Just Stop Oil, calls for the UK to stop licensing new oil, gas or coal[…]
Read moreIt’s been about a year since ChatGPT demonstrated our scariest science fiction scenarios were looming on the horizon. And yet,[…]
Read moreI’ve invited Nev March, an award winning author of crime fiction, to share her thoughts on an author’s responsibility to[…]
Read moreI am unabashedly obsessed with pens. I make no apologies. I am a writer and pens are the instruments of[…]
Read moreWhen I’m working on a book, I tape photographs of actors who I picture for my characters on a school-sized poster board and prop it up in my writing area. I do that to help with my description of the character’s appearance. Also, by studying how they act…
Read moreI meet a lot of authors who don’t realize they’re in business for themselves, but they are. Every author who[…]
Read moreBefore I was published, a writer friend advised me not to read the reviews of my books posted on sites like Amazon and Goodreads. I must have looked at her funny because she went on to say, “I never read reviews. My daughter screens them and sends me only the good ones.”
As inexperienced I was at that point, I knew I couldn’t follow her advice.
“What parts of yourself do you have to sacrifice to earn a killer’s trust?” That’s the question Cal Lovett, the[…]
Read moreIf you’ve read Alan Orloff, you’ll know that he has a unique, and sometimes, quirky approach to storytelling. I wanted to know, so I asked: Alan, where do you get your ideas?
This is what he said:
Read moreI always thought that the best kind of writing prompts are those that come from outside of my own mind and that are extremely minimal. Sometimes a single word given to me by a writing partner is all I need to get going.
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