“There is a great need for a sarcasm font.”
Why? Because of all those pesky ‘ly’ words we writers aren’t supposed to use, yet every other published author does. Come on, raise your hand if you’ve ever heard some author/agent/editor/writing guru pontificate on how writers should never, ever, ever, use adverbs, especially in dialogue tags. If you do, you risk rejection,…
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Start with action. I hear it every week in my writer's group. I say it myself. But is it right? P.D. James is adamant that she wants her readers to know the characters before something unpleasant happens to them. That way, the impact is greater. It's usual for her detective, Adam Dahlglissh, not to show up in the first fifty pages. I think that breaks another writer's group rule: Get your main character on stage right away.
Anne Perry started "Face of a Stranger", her…
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Hi all, Tim Hallinan did a very nice interview on the how and why I created All Mystery e-newsletter. If any of you are interested in how the tsunami of social media is taking charge of how books are promoted now, read this: http://www.timothyhallinan.com/blog/?p=3288
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I pinched this idea from recent articles in the Guardian where a number of writers are penning their ten rules for writing. I thought I'd add mine.
1 Always have a pencil and paper with you, in every handbag, shopping bag or pocket.
2. Travel by public transport, you see and meet some great characters for novels.
3. Earwig other people's conversations…
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I've been a big fan of Elmore Leonard ever since I read his novel Mr. Paradise. I read his 10 Rules for Writers. Here's my review:
If you read customer's reviews of this hardcover book on Amazon.com you will quickly see that some people feel they were hoodwinked. In truth this "book" is really an article reprinted from The New York Times on the thickest paper I've ever seen between two covers. However, the…
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