May/June 2012 Issue
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This Writer’s Life:
Giving It Up
Sometimes it takes a good kick in the pants to get your act together.
by Kevin Alexander Read more
10 Basic Ingredients of a Successful Thriller
At the 2008 Maui Writers Conference, bestselling thriller writer Gary Braver (Skin Deep) said that dread drives thrillers. You know who the good guys and bad guys are. Dull moments will lose an audience, and writers can’t afford to lose an audience, even for one page. To captivate an audience (and agents and publishers), Braver offers these 10 essential ingredients for a successful thriller. Read more
Steve Berry’s 8 Rules of Writing
Bestselling thriller writer Steve Berry says there are eight key rules that all writers must know and follow. Read more
The WD Interview:
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende found a release for her grief in the form of a memoir written to her departed daughter.
by Jordan E. Rosenfeld Read more
The WD Interview: George Pelecanos
Having scribed detective novels and written for HBO’s “The Wire,” George Pelecanos knows what it takes to get down and dirty for his own brand of social crime fiction.
by Jordan E. Rosenfeld Read more
Don’t Use Adverbs and Adjectives to Prettify Your Prose
Learn how adjective and adverbs create redundancy and promote lazy writing and see how you can make your writing direct, vivid, and descriptive without making your readers want to get rid of your book.
by William Noble
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Opening Scenes: An Overview
Read Chapter 2, Opening Scenes: An Overview from Hooked Read more
On The Edge: The Happiness Craze
A new wave of books about a timeless topic hope to help you—and their eclectic authors—live a better life.
by Linda Formichelli Read more
Lauren Baratz-Logsted and The Sisters Eight series
Prolific author Lauren Baratz-Logsted enlisted a little help from those closest to home—her family—for her new children’s series The Sisters Eight.
by Jordan E. Rosenfeld Read more