By Louise Nayer Drawing readers into your world through sensory detail is what makes your pages come alive. Whether it’s the bitter taste of coffee in your mouth the day your father dies, or the creamy smell of a chocolate éclair as you pass a bakery and remember how you and your sister giggled with
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Three tips for writing better sex scenes-from romance author Rebecca Hunter
In essence, fiction is about the human condition, and sex is an important part of being human. Novels from all genres include sex, but physical intimacy is an area where romance authors excel. Sex scenes vary widely in romance. Not all romance novels have sex scenes; Amish romance, a popular sub-genre, as a rule
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Three Questions with Jonathan Maberry
Interview by Joey Garcia. Best selling author Jonathan Maberry discusses his writing career, cross-genre writing and more! http://traffic.libsyn.com/sfwriters/mayberry.garcia.final.mp3 Jonathan Maberry is a multiple Bram Stoker Award winning author. He is a multi-talented writer of both fiction and nonfiction. He even writes for comic books (Captain America; Marvel Zombies Return). Two of his series are being
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Dear San Francisco Writers Conference family- Motivation Monday
Dear San Francisco Writers Conference family: We’re writers. We’re artists. We create. Yet, at this pivotal point in time we find ourselves adrift. Angry. Out of control. And it affects our writing. But it doesn’t have to affect it in a negative way. What about if we take this unusual time…this strange, horrible exile of
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Motivation Monday: Writing in the Time of COVID
by Indie Editor Mary Rakow How can we “use” our feelings about the virus in this challenging time? Fear, anger, helplessness, worry, and also moments of joy, gratitude, hope? Here’s an exercise I do a lot: First, we can put ourselves onto the page just as we are. Let’s say you just woke up. You’re
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How to Write a Freakin’ Fabulous Logline
By Christine Conradt The logline is the first thing anyone hears about your book or screenplay. It’s what entices a producer, agent, reader, studio exec, or editor to want to hear more. In short, without a well-conceived logline, your manuscript or screenplay won’t get very far. Every good logline has seven elements: the inciting incident,
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