by Andy Scheer
Where will you find your payoff?
Writers conferences offer more than informative classes, inspiring speakers, and one-on-ones with agents and editors. Having just come down from the mountain at the Colorado Christian Writers Conference, I received fresh reminders … Continue reading
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, … 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 … Continue reading