Tag Archive | fiction
The Door Keeper Blog Tour: Interview with Author Steen Jones
Originally posted on Happymeerkatreviews:
Today I am pleased to announce I am once again taking part in The Door Keeper Blog Tour and have an interview with the author of this great book Steen Jones! I’ve already reviewed The Door Keeper as part of the blog tour and after thoroughly enjoying it I wanted to…
Crime Division: How to Achieve Accuracy by Stephen Bentley
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
There is nothing so annoying as reading a book or watching a movie and finding inaccuracies in things like police and courtroom procedures. I am not a pedant but I prefer accuracy in my own writing and that of others, whether the result is within the pages or up…
How to Keep Married Fictional Couples Interesting Without Splitting Them Up
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Stephanie O’Brien You’ve just spent an entire novel bringing an amazing couple together. They’re passionate, fun and fascinating to watch, and their chemistry has fans raving about how wonderful they are. They’re so great that you’ve decided to write a sequel starring them… but there’s just one challenge. You…
Crime Division: Medications as a Murder Weapon (in Fiction writing, Of Course) Joynell Schultz, PharmD, RPh
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
Hmmm… You have someone to kill. You need a creative way, and the old-fashioned gun, knife, rope, or Pillow Suffocation simply won’t do. Using a medication sounds intriguing. In the alphabet soup of drugs, which one makes the perfect instrument of death? You sit in front of your laptop,…
Do You Judge Writers?
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? ? by Christopher Slater Whenever a person reads what someone else has written, there is always an expected level of judgment. The reader is going to judge whether the topic of the writing is something that they are interested in. They will judge the writer’s ability to express themselves…
When Dedications Leave Something to Be Desired
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
How authors dedicate books tells us a lot about them as writers and as people. Often books are dedicated to children, loved ones, or dogs. On rarer occasions, however, authors use the dedication section of books to make a wry joke, sneer at someone who doubted them, or twist a…
Thursday photo prompt – Tryst #writephoto
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT) Wednesday 22nd February and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that the pingback works and if not, copy…
Photo prompt round-up – Flame #writephoto
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in Ye Olde Nags Head, a 17th century coaching inn in Castleton… and one of the innumerable Derbyshire pubs where we warm our toes on our travels. More wonderful entries this week. Thank you to everyone who took part.…
How to take your idea to story
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Do you understand how to flesh out your ideas? Not me, I’m still learning. Taking an idea and writing a full novel is not easy, not easy at all. Writing sounds so easy when an idea burst into my mind like fireworks on the 4th of July. But, as…
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