Review of Golgotha Connection by Caleb Pirtle III I don’t like a lot of the thrillers I read. Most of them seem to be emulating another derivative thriller, just trying to ride some bandwagon to market success. Far too many read as if the author were trying to write an episode of his or her […]
Image courtest Nicu’s Photoblog.Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. It’s the basis of just about every story: right versus wrong, good guys against bad guys, the appeal of the bad boy … Something I’ve been wondering about for a long time is that, outside of literature, evil-doers don’t seem to consider themselves […]
Creative Commons Guest post by Samreen Ahsan “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ― Louis L’Amour After I published my first novel, A Silent Prayer, many people around me asked what truly inspired me for writing or more precisely—what made me write? I never knew […]
I’ve been a fan of 24 since it launched. It’s never failed to deliver a season of 24 hours (minus commercials) of riveting television that leaves you breathless. So you know where my butt will be for the next 10 Monday nights: on the couch in front of my TV set for the half-season. I […]
Guest post by Kevin Johns, author and creative writing coach You may be surprised to learn that, as a writer, the best thing I have ever done didn’t involve plotting a story, crafting a poem, or composing the lyrics to a song. Rather, it was a simple email that I wrote and sent to […]
I’m very excited because my third book is getting closer to publishing! I’ve settled on a title: Army of Worn Soles. Thanks to my good friend Martin Champoux for suggestions that led me to this. I’ve just received the second editing pass by my editor, none other than the renowned Rebecca Tsaros-Dickson. So while this […]
Don’t you just hate it when you see a typo in work you’ve just published, posted on a website or sent to a client? Creative Commons image: Wikihow Every writer needs to learn how to proofread. As a professional editor for over 30 years, I have a few favourite techniques for effective proofreading. Here are […]