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RIP Erich Segal and Robert B. Parker
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Two skilled and popular novelists died this week. Robert B. Parker was best known for his series of mystery novels about Boston private eye Spenser....


What thought should you give to your title? What you can learn about writing from Tennessee Williams
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Here's the kind of thought that Tennessee Williams gave to his titles, and their evolution shows the growing intensity that our most poetic of...



Do your research...all of your research
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Reading a mystery novel by Sara Paretsky in which her heroine, tough Chicago private eye V. I. Warshawsky goes after the killer of her cousin, Chicago...



When you're stuck in the middle of your novel
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Ways to jumpstart your imagination when you're stuck in that great slough of the middle of a novel: Do a search and replace -- change the name...


Why it's hard to write a novel
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
You'll constantly hear poets and short story writers saying "You know, in a way, it's really more difficult to write something...



New Year's Resolution #5: Make writing a priority (what you can learn from Dear Abby)
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
A long long time ago, Dear Abby was fresh and impudent and full of wry common sense, a breath of fresh air in the publishing world, and someone whose...