by Andy Scheer
It’s best learned before you try to publish.
Specifically, the truth about your latest project? Some writers refuse to hear it.
Like the author of the general market novel I abandoned last evening.
I’d been primed to enjoy it, since I … Continue reading
by Andy Scheer
You needn’t hammer home your moral.
If you want your fiction to drive home a message, focus on something else.
Recently I’ve re-visited Aaron Elkins’s mysteries series featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver. Each resonates with certain themes.
As with any classic mystery, there’s a quest for justice … Continue reading
by Andy Scheer
Ideas become better with another’s input.
Do you have someone off whom you can bounce your writing ideas? Even better, someone who feels free to bounce their ideas off you?
The value of such a relationship struck recently as Wayne and Cristie came … Continue reading