Up Late With Sociopaths: Surviving Thriller Research
When I was a child, my mother worked as a librarian, and on some of those long summer days that contained neither school nor camp nor babysitters, she took me to work with her, where I was given the instruction to go forth and read. For many children, this would be...
How to Write Like Sandra Brown, RL Stine & David Morrell
Sandra Brown, R.L. Stine and David Morrell got together for a chat on the craft of writing. Here are their writing processes and where they get their ideas.
5 Ways to Balance Writing and Life
In her insightful panel “Life or Work? Balancing Life’s Demands With Writing,” moderator Joan Johnston (Shattered, Hawk’s Way) quizzed a group of established publishing pros about how, exactly, you can quiet daily demands so that you can get those voices in your head down on the page and into the hands...
The Key to Thrilling Readers
When it comes down to it, how do action scenes actually thrill, and how do they keep readers hooked?