Category: Guest Article

Writing Villains With Impact by Alex Bryant

Writing Villains With Impact by Alex Bryant  Villains. Let’s face it, while your hero can be inspiring and empathetic, it’s a well-written villain that always steals the show. Some are flawed but redeemable, while others are pure evil. But whatever the case, every good… Continue Reading “Writing Villains With Impact by Alex Bryant”

Why I Write for Children– Michele Clark McConnochie

Why I Write for Children– Michele Clark McConnochie According to the late, great and highly prolific Terry Pratchett, “Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.” He certainly should have known; he wrote over 70 novels after all. However, to be brutally… Continue Reading “Why I Write for Children– Michele Clark McConnochie”

Mary MacDougall & Me By Richard Audry

Mary MacDougall & Me By Richard Audry I first tried my hand at writing novels back in the late ’80s, with an epic fantasy of 120k words that never sold. Next, I tackled a mystery. And not just any mystery, but a historical mystery.… Continue Reading “Mary MacDougall & Me By Richard Audry”

How Themes Add impact to a Novel by Evelyn Puerto

  How Themes Add impact to a Novel by Evelyn Puerto   Squeals of glee mixed with a deeper laughter came from the stairs. My four-year-old grandson was playing one of his favorite games with his dad: sliding down the stairs.   He’d want… Continue Reading “How Themes Add impact to a Novel by Evelyn Puerto”

A collaboration of authors by Dennis Scheel

A collaboration of authors by Dennis Scheel               In the world of writing, we always start with an idea, which turns into a script filled by our hard work, hundreds of hours, if you can settle for only that spent writing, editing or… Continue Reading “A collaboration of authors by Dennis Scheel”

S.M. Stevens, author of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

  S.M. Stevens, author of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades     Why I Wrote a “#MeToo Novel”   Almost every time I am interviewed about my new novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, the interviewer asks why I wanted to write about sexual abuse and… Continue Reading “S.M. Stevens, author of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades”

Worldbuilding: Creating fantasy worlds as real as our own by R.J. Vickers

When I was reading The Way of Kings, an epic fantasy by one of the masters of worldbuilding, Brandon Sanderson, I came across something that emphasized how deeply he had thought through his world.

How a Memoir Transforms Lives By Robert Jacoby and John Robinette

 How a Memoir Transforms Lives By Robert Jacoby and John Robinette Our book, Never Stop Dancing: A Memoir, is actually three stories: it’s John’s story of losing his wife Amy, killed instantly in a pedestrian traffic accident, and left alone to raise their two… Continue Reading “How a Memoir Transforms Lives By Robert Jacoby and John Robinette”

Never let emotion get in the way of revenge by Jonathan Harries, author of Infatuation: A novel of questionable taste  

Never let emotion get in the way of revenge by Jonathan Harries, author of Infatuation: A novel of questionable taste   I like to believe that my head is in New York, but my heart is somewhere in Africa. Most of my books are… Continue Reading “Never let emotion get in the way of revenge by Jonathan Harries, author of Infatuation: A novel of questionable taste  “