To tell a page-turning story, authors must learn the craft of writing. We read stories and novels both in and beyond the genre we write. We share our work in writers groups to learn from each other. We engage beta readers and hire a professional editor to help us shape, rewrite, and publish stories […]
Tag: #suspense
Who’s My Muse
An author friend fessed up to crafting stories around real life people or personalities that inspire her and asked who inspires me. I hesitated to answer. I write fiction. The characters in my books are an amalgamation of my life experiences and imagination. An interview in a magazine spawned the character of Chef […]
Write Up! June 2021
I was about four chapters into this book when I caught myself wishing the story was on a screen. Cable, movie, doesn’t matter. It has that much potential for a strong visual story. This political thriller, refreshingly set in Canada instead of Washington DC, has the pace of Scandal and the complexity of West […]
Write Up! May 2021
Capital Strings Delivered! The Amazon box with paperback copies of my fifth novel dropped on our front porch two weeks and three days after the official release on Amazon on April 19th. The date in this work of fiction when Prime Minister Evan Reid risks it all. The story idea began with the pandemic. […]