(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Immediately Engage the Reader · Discovery of a person’s body is a great way to begin a mystery or crime novel. This single event requires readers to use their imagination and ask so many questions. Also, the resulting death investigation is naturally structured to periodically reveal answers to those questions. Who is the dead person? What was he or she doing at that location? How and why did the person … [Read more...] about Writing a Novel
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George: The Relic of Vecinaria
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · The Relic of Vecinaria · I heard that George, fifteen years old, was writing a novel. Being a writer—an author—I was quickly curious. Karen, his grandmother, told me that he had three chapters done. “Would you like to read it?” she asked me. “No, but I’d like to meet George and learn about his writing. If he ever finishes his book, there’s a good chance that those first three chapters will be very … [Read more...] about George: The Relic of Vecinaria
Kansas Authors Club: Author Ann Christine Fell
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Author Ann Christine Fell · On Saturday I attended a district meeting of the Kansas Authors Club (KAC) in Hutchinson, Kansas. All writers and those interested in becoming writers are welcome to join. The main attraction was the guest speaker, Ann Fell, Winfield, KS. Her book, Sundrop Sonata: A Novel of Suspense (2016), was published two years following her memoir, In the Shadow of the Wind: A Story … [Read more...] about Kansas Authors Club: Author Ann Christine Fell
“I Want to Write a Book”: Ideas Are a Dime a Dozen
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Ideas Are a Dime a Dozen · I’ve been meeting a lot of people lately who recognize that I’m a writer and author. Sometimes they congratulate me on the accomplishment and sometimes they purchase one of my books, but I’m also learning that many people have a yearning to be a published author. Usually, not too long into our conversation, they spill their guts: “I want to write a book, too.” “Yeah, I know … [Read more...] about “I Want to Write a Book”: Ideas Are a Dime a Dozen
