Writing Fear Free: Critiques Books are not babies, but hearing criticism of a newborn manuscript can often feel almost as personal. Yes, I’m at the critique […]
Writing Fear Free: Reading Aloud This weekend, I read the manuscript of Caroline Bingley aloud to my husband. (He wasn’t held hostage or anything.) He wouldn’t choose […]
The Usual Suspects and Plot Twists I like a good plot twist. Let me amend that. Most of the time, I like a good plot twist. I don’t […]
Writing Fear Free: Changing It Up Two men are bound to a metal restraining device in the center of a dark, hot room. Their bodies already show the […]
Learning from other Media Aspiring writers are always encouraged to read more. I certainly do not disagree with this advice, but I also believe that novelists […]