Flash Fiction
Life has become frantic for many of us, and while publishers may demand books with a page count that approaches a thousand, readers may balk at starting such a tome. …
Life has become frantic for many of us, and while publishers may demand books with a page count that approaches a thousand, readers may balk at starting such a tome. …
Joanna Lindsey is a prolific author of sexy tales, many of them part of a series such as the Malory Family Regency Romance stories. Ms. Lindsey does not shy away…
Nigel Tranter makes Scottish history so interesting you wish his books had been part of the school curriculum. In The Clansman, he explores the persona of Roy Roy and the…
Having trouble coming up with a story idea? Non-fiction writers have an advantage: They write what they know, whether it be how to sew a quilt or how to survive…
In Murder of a Stacked Librarian, ordinary people in an average town find themselves faced with the shock of an actual murder among them. But who on earth would do…
Diana Palmer's contemporary romances connect through locations and characters, though each one is a satisfying story unto itself. Since my first encounter with her long, tall Texans in a book…
Another genre in which whole new worlds may be imagined, Science Fiction and its offshoot Science Fantasy have taken the world by storm. Science Fiction specifically refers to stories based…
Terms like "Chick Lit" and "Romance" suggest light reading, though these genres include serious stories as well. Other book categories automatically call up visions of brooding characters, bleak settings, and…
From Scotland and now living in Canada, Jack Whyte writes fictionalized accounts of historical events and thereby brings long-dead figures to life. In Uther, he describes a realistic Camulod (Camelot)…
One online guru I know has advised writers to avoid using a lot of dialogue in a book. But being a person reliant on auditory as well as visual input,…