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Elvis, the American Dream, & Transformation in Storytelling

Elvis is Everywhere The year I came to the United States, Elvis was everywhere. He died three days after I[…]

And how to structure it As I continue to writhe in the throes of my edit (YES, still editing the[…]

Please welcome Rob Osler, here to tell us about designing the protagonist of his new historical series, and its first[…]

Vanity Fair, which I love, has a “Proust Questionnaire” at the end of each issue. Today we’re asking Lynda Allen, author[…]

Are you a good witch or a bad witch? When Dorothy crash lands in Oz, she answers Glinda’s baffling question[…]

When you’ve been a writing teacher for as long as I have, it’s impossible to read a novel, especially a[…]

Please welcome guest author Laura Essay, who will discuss her novel centered on the opioid crisis, and what inspired her[…]

Nothing makes your characters pop off the page like well chosen phrases in their dialog. Have her use specific, well[…]

I was recently at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival in Suffolk, Virginia, a yearly event I enjoy attending because it[…]

Signs and portents, my dear readers, signs and portents. Last week, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt all along the[…]