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A Badass In Heels – 3 Self-Defense Moves
We, as crime writers, need to come up with so many ways to make our characters prolific and not look like a wimps when confronted with a dangerous situation. We also know if…
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3 Tips To Correct The Pacing In Your Novel – Part One
What is pacing? Pacing is the rhythm of the novel, of the chapters and scenes and paragraphs and sentences. It is also the rate at which the reader reads and the speed at…
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Real Life Serial Killers– What makes them tick?
The serial killer has become wildly popular in crime fiction. Maybe they are so fascinating to us, as readers, because they are complicated creatures. They are deliciously bad. We, as writers, are told…
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Create Tension and Suspense. Keep the reader flipping pages!
I just completed the first draft of my latest novel, the sequel to Timber Point. The working title was Dancing In The Shadows. However, after completing the novel I thought of a title…
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Top 5 Tips for Researching Your Fiction Novel
Research is extremely time-consuming, but well worth the effort. After all, you never want to get your facts wrong, even with fiction. Here are my top 5 tips for researching your novel……
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Creating Characters in Fiction
In an earlier post Character Building– Why is JUSTIFIED justified in fiction writing I wrote about character traits. Today I’d like to delve a little deeper. Characters are the most important element of…
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Character Building: Why is JUSTIFIED justified in fiction writing
Why is Justified, the TV show, justified in fiction writing? Your characters are what your story is all about, right? Without a character there can be no story. So, why do some writers…
