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Choosing chapter headings
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Fake Family Trees & Genetic Clues
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I'm using epigraphs as chapter headings in my Tilda Harper series. Some of them are real quotes from reference books or whatever, and others are fake, supposedly written by Tilda or in books about the people she encounters in the books.
For examp...
Sounds like fun. I've toyed with the idea of putting an old engraving at the beginning or end of each chapter since I love illustration. The engravings are available from Dover copyright free and Word treats them as a single character, so it's not...
For my first historical novel I used either place names or the name of a major figure in the chapter as the heading. For my mysteries I'm just using numbers and keeping the chapters very short. I could see using those long Dickensian chapter headi...
Ken Bruen often uses a bit of a song lyric or a quote from another author as a chapter header; and in Mary Stewart's gothic tales she often used apt bits of poetry. In Earl Emerson's Mac Fontana series, Emerson uses chapter headers as more of a te...
If you really want to mess with people on a post-modern meta-fiction sort of way, have the chapter headings describing nothing in the actual book. ;)
But seriously, I've never used fancier chapter headings, preferring simple and blunt numbers for...
My books have many characters and many sections from different POVs so my editor asked me to use character names as section headings. It's something Declan Burke did in, The Big O.
Al Guthrie used movie titles as chapter headings in Hard Man, I t...
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- At 10:48am on November 28, 2008,
Dan Coleman said… - Hi, Hazel,
Welcome.
When you have time, please have a free read of my murder mystery novel, FOUL SHOT, here on my page in pdf.
- At 9:47am on October 19, 2008,
Brenton Cullen said… - Hi, Hazel
I saw your Let's Ask Rooftop Hippo Questions thing on your homepage of your website. So you are not writing your autobiography aimed at kids, like you told me about last year?
- At 9:23am on July 26, 2008,
Jean Henry Mead said… - I appreciate your condolence and agree that even writers are at a loss for words at a time like this.
- At 12:13pm on June 6, 2008,
Jean Henry Mead said…
- Thank you, Hazel. I need all the advice I can get about the differences between adult and children's literature. :) I'm pleased to have you as a friend. :-)
- At 9:56am on June 6, 2008,
Jean Henry Mead said…
- Hello! I'm trying my wings as a children's author after nine published adult books. All of mine are satirical to some extent. :) Your books sound like such fun to read.
- At 6:59pm on May 18, 2008,
Hazel Edwards said…
- The 'Short & Twisted' anthology is just out and it has my short crime story 'Making a KIlling at the Pokies' .What is interesting in terms of wider media coverage of stories is that having it out in print form, then makes it eligible for consideration to be read on national radio. I have soem audio novels, but getting a short story in audio form tends to mean having it read on radio, which can also mena it becomes a possible podcast. Any others with this situation in other countries?
- At 11:02am on January 11, 2008,
Rick Mofina said…
- Hazel welcome to the community I am sure it will be fun for you.
- At 6:37pm on January 7, 2008,
Darren Laws said… - Hi Hazel, You raise an interest point about copyright infringment. It is the risk we run the moment any work is published be it on the net on any other medium. Like all things, tracing and tracking the infringment is the issue. Protecting the work is nigh on impossible. I only ever allow one chapter of my novels to be posted, though I have run an experiment with googlebooks to see if this causes problems or generates any sales, this experiment comes to an end in April 08. I think one chapter gives a tast of the book and is enough to whet the apetite. Best wishes for 2008. Darren
- At 6:21pm on January 7, 2008,
Hazel Edwards said…
- I'm intrigued by the number of Australian crimespace writers as I imagined most would be from the USA or UK
50 Km east Does that mean the Dandenongs since you mentioned the bushfires? Maybe our paths will cross this year? Gigs on my website indicate where I'll be running workshops and the confernces at which I'll be speaking.Thanks for the invitation and the info abotu short story anthology publishers on your site.
- At 4:42pm on January 7, 2008,
Jackie Tritt said…
- Hi Hazel
I've been to a couple of your talks and been really inspired by the energy and professionalism you put into your writing career. Hope to see more of you on Crimespace.
Jackie
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- Melbourne, Australia
- About Me:
- In Oct I'm visiting China as the Aust-Nanjing International Cultural Exchange author as some of my titles have recently been translated into Chinese. Also recently listed for the Astrid Lindren Memorial Award for 2010. www.alma.se for details. Links and more information on my web site. I'm a children's author of books such as 'There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake' but also have cross genre Antarctic publications as a result of a 2001 Australian Antarctic Division expedition as writer on ice. Motivations intrigue me which is why writing short , satirical crime appeals.Some of my works are translated or adapted into other mediums. I also run workshops based around my 'How To' books in the writing field such as 'Non Boring Travel Writing,' 'The Business of Writing for Young Adults' and " Writing a Non Boring Family History' Currently I'm working on a gambling script and short story 'Making a Killing at the Pokies'
I like reading cleverly plotted short crime with realistic settings. After my Australian Antarctic Division expedition experience as writer on ice in 2001,I've written some short crime with Antarctic settings and motivations. I also have some young adult mystery/suspense novels published with Hachette (and Vanwell in Canada) such as 'Fake ID" which attracts lots of hits(for the wrong reasons) on my website.
My most recent adult crime story is
Playing Possum' published in 'Short & Twisted' 2009 anthology.
I belong to Sisters in Crime and have discovered some fascinating crime writers via their publications.
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- Reader, Writer
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- http://www.hazeledwards.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Kerry Greenwood, Ruth Rendell, Robert Harris, PD James, Garry Disher, Goldie Alexander. I like character centred mysteries with realistic settings
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Is Blogging a Waste of Time?
Is Blogging a Waste of Time?
I’ve been asked that question three times in the last week.
Individuals have to make up their own minds. But until now I haven't blogged.
Overnight, Blogs initiate discussion, interviews or even reviews and Google Alert do pick up blog references. But if you already have an author/illustrator website as your shop-front window for publicising your books and talks, is blogging a waste of time for a writer? Or are you altruistically acting as a hub for others?
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I’ve been asked that question three times in the last week.
Individuals have to make up their own minds. But until now I haven't blogged.
Overnight, Blogs initiate discussion, interviews or even reviews and Google Alert do pick up blog references. But if you already have an author/illustrator website as your shop-front window for publicising your books and talks, is blogging a waste of time for a writer? Or are you altruistically acting as a hub for others?
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