Secondary Characters: Five Tips for Creating Them
November 6, 2018
Main characters are the prime movers of your story. Their goals and motivations fuel the... read more
Lucy Corin: Five Questions with a Multigenre Author
November 2, 2018
Lucy Corin is a short story writer and novelist, and she also teaches at the... read more
Halloween Romances: On Holiday Themes
October 30, 2018
Halloween romances are a more vexed sub-genre than I would have thought. However, after reading... read more
Karen Finley – Poet, Playwright, Painter, Performance Artist
October 26, 2018
Title image: Left: Karen Finley book cover of Shock Treatment (2015); Right: Image from the... read more
The Lawyer and the Romance Novelist
October 16, 2018
How does this one go? Let’s see …. High-powered divorce lawyer who doesn’t believe in... read more
The Subconscious: A Writer’s Best Friend
May 25, 2018
First I said a Plot Buddy was a writer’s best friend. Then I added Self-Knowledge.... read more