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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…
Quotations on Integrity
Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” Martin Luther King Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org) “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters” Albert Einstein )https://commons.wikimedia.org)…
Q&A with Lis Wiehl Author of The Candidate
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
? ? ? ? Introducing the Newsmakers Series ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Let the games begin… ? Q: Who is Erica Sparks to you? A: Erica is something of an alter ego for me. In spite of her abusive childhood, a…
Aided by Apps, Audiobooks Market Grows in Japan
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
by The Japan Times The use of audiobooks is increasing steadily in Japan, providing a boon to the publishing industry, which is facing declining sales of ordinary books. Audiobooks already account for 10 percent of book sales in the United States and Europe. In the U.S., audiobooks, which started as…
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…
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…
On Writing With a Purpose
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
by Meg Dowell You likely learned in school that writing an essay begins with defining your target audience and purpose for reaching out to them. We all wrote that essay about whether or not our school should or shouldn’t have uniforms (did schools who already had uniforms still argue this?).…
Interview with Melinda Leigh by Benjamin Thomas
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
? ? ? ? Melinda Leigh is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author with numerous awards. She is several series available; including Morgan Dane, Scarlet Falls, She Can Series and Midnight series. For a full book review of Midnight Obession click here to view it on The Writing Train. Morgan Dane…
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