Fiction Writing

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…

by Constance Hood What a boring world it would be if everyone were perfect. People would stack up in our lives like a bunch of Lego bricks, with uniform strengths…

by Lea Wait To begin with, I love history. I was a fourth-generation antiques dealer, love historical novels, and I’ve written five set in nineteenth-century Maine. Although my most recent…

by C. Hope Clark Read the one about the amateur sleuth dating a police detective in order to solve the crime? Or the one about the girl losing her career…

by Mandy Jackson-Beverly The definition of the word observe: to see, to watch, to perceive, and to notice. A couple of examples: I see a red light and stop my…