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WEREWOLVES. PUPPET MASTERS. DEAD BODIES. WAX MUSEUMS. WHAT OTHER MYSTERIES DOES LONDON HOLD?
Detective Chief Inspector Moses Reilly of Scotland Yard is the consummate bachelor, married to his job- and with good…
read moreCharacterization: Five Tips for Beginners
I’m always looking for new authors, and I tend to try a new one every couple days. Even when I don’t know the book I’m reading is the author’s first, I can tell a new writer by a few newbie characterization quirks. Characterization Tip #1: Avoid the First Chapter Mirror… read moreJan Cox Speas: One of My Heroes
If you’re a writer or any other kind of artist you might like to take a look at Austin Kleon‘s Show Your Work! which addresses the pleasures and perils of creativity in the age of the Internet. One of his suggestions is for writers to share their influences. I regularly share… read morePlot Form: Want to Try a New One?
I love adapting to my writing craft ideas from artists other than novelists. For instance, I’ve learned a lot from painters. Recently I ran across the work of Paula Vogel, a Pulitzer-prize-winning playwright and her student Sarah Ruhl, also an accomplished playwright and a MacArthur recipient. Vogel identifies six plot forms… read more
Julie Tetel Andresen has written about language and love for more than 20 years. A professor of linguistics at Duke University, Julie has also written more than twenty romance novels and novellas. read more