mystery
The Gilded Age: On Invention and Excess
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“We don’t have a choice in the matter, Mr. McAllistar, we must go where history takes us.” In the HBO Gilded Age series, these were Bertha Russell’s brave words…
Dorothy L Sayers and the Thirty-Foot Drain: Searching for Peter Wimsey
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Dorothy L Sayers was my gateway author to the world of crime fiction. I’d read the Sherlock Holmes stories earlier on, but that superlatively singular creation of Arthur Conan…
Lady Duverger Character Description by Hugh Addison
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Felix motioned to an older woman with an air of sophistication. She was adorned with jewels, so much so, for a moment I was dizzy. She wore a sparkling…
The Secret History‘s tragic flaw? Those Kids Are No Fun
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I recently reread Donna Tartt’s Dark Academia classic The Secret History—published 30 years ago this month—for the first time since I was a young identity-less Classics student myself. On…
The Writer as Magpie
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I am not the kind of writer who finds every plot twist, detail of setting, and character description in my imagination. I am like a magpie when it comes…
Tool Tip: SyncBackFree To Backup Your Writing
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Your computer dies with all your work stuck on your hard drive. It is a scenario that scares every writer and almost everyone experiences once. Fortunately, there is a…
Resource: American Dialect Links
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Today I share another resource. Dialect Guide: American Dialects by Point Park University, a handy site for helping to write authentic dialog. The site is organized by General American,…
This Will Change Your Life
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Looking for inspiration that will change your life. This is a great video and the timing couldn’t be more appropriate. Ed explains how variety and having new experiences actually…
100+ Query Letter Examples To Get Noticed
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One of the sources that I found helpful comes from thejohnfox.com 100+ Query Letter Examples (That Got Authors and Agent) The query letters cover are linked and organized by…