Enjoy this excerpt from the romantic suspense novel By D.G. Torrens “You did the right thing, Cassie. We talked about this. The smallest of things can initiate the return of your memory. Please, continue,” encouraged Jennifer. Cassie fidgeted on her seat and brushed her hair back off her face. “Well, I was on the footpath […]
By Alan McDermott Prologue 21 January 2010 Stuart Boyle held the Subaru Impreza at a steady thirty miles per hour as he headed towards the town centre. A red traffic light halted his progress, and he gazed around at the people in the cars, on the buses, walking the streets, most of them heading to […]
From the book edited by The Written Word By Lucy Appadoo She hailed a cab and a young driver with dark curls and stubble smiled as he dropped her suitcase into the boot of his car. As they drove to the city, he tried to make small talk. “Are you here on holiday?” Blanca’s chest […]
A Sunday sample from The Bones of the Earth “Why did you take my dagger in the first place?” It is not yours. You are merely the bearer. As was your ancestor, in his time. The dagger is very important. It was made not by humans, but by a member of an older race to […]
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Last week, I wrote about a common problem in many manuscripts: unnecessary details. This week, I move on to another common error: shifting point-of-view in fiction, also known as Head-hopping This term describes text that jumping between characters’ points of view (POV). Let’s take a look at this, adapted slightly from a recent project to […]
Independent review of The Peacekeeper’s Photograph By ML Doyle The Peacekeeper’s Photograph is an excellent book — easily one of the best I’ve read this year. It’s more solid proof that independent writers are publishing some of the best, and most important books today. The Peacekeeper’s Photograph shows up in Amazon’s Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, […]