My inbox this morning included a message from Writers’ Digest about an upcoming webinar on query and synopsis writing. They must have read my blog! While this isn’t the first such course for which I’ve received notice, and a couple weeks ago I...
How do you make your novel sound unlike anything else, make it fascinating and also make it accurate? I have been devouring the backs and flyleaves of every good novel on my shelves. There is definitely a pattern, a particular way to convey one’s story for this...
I want to write. A lot. I follow many writing suggestions to see where they will lead. Many suggestions lead to good writing. The suggestion to read good literature is a sound one. Reading good literature makes me step up my craft, but it is also good literature...
In my rush to document all the highlights of my not-so-brilliant career, I sometimes miss the funnest bits. Christopher Dewdney was the school hunk at Westminster High School in London. And a bit of an odd bodkin. We became friends and he introduced me to his brother...
