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A Dual Mystery Narrative: Bringing the Past Alive ...

Posted by Our Special Guest | Apr 26, 2023

Five Tips to Writing a Realistic Legal Thriller

Posted by Our Special Guest | Apr 12, 2023

How to Write A (Great!) Sex Scene

Posted by Our Special Guest | Mar 22, 2023

How to Add Authenticity to your Historical Fiction...

Posted by Our Special Guest | Feb 15, 2023

Behind the Pages: Hank Phillippi Ryan THE HOUSE GUEST

by Dana Isaacson | Feb 13, 2023 | Behind the Pages, Thriller

Hank Phillippi Ryan’s thrilling novels get such great reviews and seem to win every award, so one might assume that this beloved author has got the novel-writing formula down pat. But that’s not how it works. Each new novel—the first or the fifteenth— comes with its own unique challenges. In this edition of “Behind the Pages,” read how Hank overcame her own writing and publishing obstacles to write the new “bingeworthy” novel, The House Guest.

6 Tips for Building Suspense

by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Feb 1, 2023 | Suspense

The fabulous and bestselling Tracy Clark knows her suspense. And here’s proof: She’s agreed to reveal her secrets–but only her on Career Authors.

Breaking the Rules on POV

by Our Special Guest | Jan 11, 2023 | Genre

Writing rules for fiction, according to New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan, offer well-meaning and helpful formulas that work. But creative artists are known to buck conventional wisdom, which Allison does when it comes to the all-important issue of Point-of-View. Read her POV guidelines—not rules.

“The main thing in any book, for me, is the momentum, the enthusiasm, the narrative rush.”

Patricia Highsmith

"Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.”

John Irving

The Top 5 Tips to Research Your True Crime Novel

by Our Special Guest | Nov 2, 2022 | Craft, Genre

A successful bestselling true crime novel presents more than just a single shocking crime. No one knows that better than true crime writer James T. Bartlett. He not only knows where all the bodies are buried, James offers budding true crime scribes 5 sensational research tips.

"Concentration is more important than imagination."

Ann Cleeves

What’s at Stake in Your Novel?

by Dana Isaacson | Aug 22, 2022 | Craft, Thriller

What does your protagonist stand to lose? What might be gained? Editor Dana Isaacson raises “the stakes” in writing fiction.

Five Tips on Writing Alternate History and Time Travel

by Our Special Guest | Aug 8, 2022 | Craft, SciFi/Fantasy

Sarah Adlahka learned the hard way, through years of edits on her speculative fiction novel, just how convoluted the rabbit hole is that you’ll find yourself in if you don’t take some preemptive steps to map your story out. And here, she says, is how!