Fiction Writing

by Judy Nedry When I started writing my first gothic novel, I wasn’t thinking of vampires. or anything close to that. Rather than vampires and 1990s teens running around in…

by Peg Cochran You know that expression “changing horses in mid-stream”? I guess you can say that’s what I did when I went from writing contemporary cozies to writing an…

by C. Hope Clark Embarrassingly, I had never heard the term Crossover Book until my publisher asked me to write one. Then once I realized what he meant, an “Oh,…

by Terrie Farley Moran Fiction! Reading fiction spurs the reader’s imagination and helps it fly away as if on a winged horse. Writing fiction—well, that is a different horse entirely,…

by Michael Bracken A writing collaboration is often referred to as the process of doing twice the work for half the pay. A successful collaboration, though, results in a story…

by Carolyn Howard-Johnson Writers of fiction are often told to avoid passive sentences. Nonfiction writers sometimes get the same advice. The reasons for such admonitions are many. After all, they…

by Sherry Harris, Sisters in Crime President Thank you so much for inviting me to talk about Sisters in Crime and the many ways we support authors. Our mission is…

by Patricia Fry This article title comes from the most common question people ask when I mention that I’m writing a new book. I always stop and think about how…

by Patricia Fry When I sat down to write this article for WPNews, I’m afraid I did something I’m going to warn you against doing: I wasted several minutes trying…

by Constance Hood Writing historical fiction is a through-the-looking-glass experience. The mirror of life warps and bends. Your world separates into multiple dimensions, some layers reflecting you and other layers…