The writing group I attend weekly is going to start having a before-meeting meeting to discuss craft, in addition to the meeting, where we critique each other’s work. So I’m thinking about craft. This week, I’m thinking about characterization. Here are some of those thoughts…
People who teach writing to sell — or who have been to a class or read a book on writing to sell — are always telling writers what readers want. Well, how do they know? Have they asked readers, or are they just parroting what…
I recently went to Imaginarium Creative Writing convention and managed to escape with only three new books to add to my To Be Read pile. These are the three. Why did I buy these books? Let’s take the center one first. It’s published by DAW…
