Don’t Skimp on Your Paranormal Research
In an article for Writer's Digest, J. Fremont offers tips for avoiding clichés and bringing authenticity to your writing about ghosts and the supernatural....
The Case for an Elevated Horror
In an article for CrimeReads, Amber Cowie discusses how horror can be used as more than a jump scare, but as a narrative tool...
Create Killer Mysteries with Misdirection
You have your murderer. You have your detective. Now all you need is a story! In an article for Writer's Digest, Connie Berry offers...
Hot Tips: How to Handle Firearm Evidence
In a new blog post, Lee Lofland offers tips for ensuring the hero in your mystery or police procedural handles firearms evidence accurately. "How...
He Was There All Along!
Like Poe's purloined letter, the best place to hide the villain in your mystery novel is in plain sight. In a post on Writer...
Every Genre is Great, but Mysteries are Greater
In a provocative post on CrimeReads, David Gordon says that detective stories are the most perfect form of fiction. "Despite remaining in many ways essentially...
Can You Over-Explain the Unnatural?
In a post on the Nelson Agency's Pub Rants blog, Angie Hodapp says writers of speculative fiction need to find the right balance between...
How to Handle Real-World Tech That Beats Your Fiction to the...
In a post on Lit Hub, Claire Stanford discusses the challenge of writing about fictional technology even as similar tools emerge in the real world. When...
Let Love Propel Your SF&F
In a post on the SFWA website, Claire Davon says it's ok to incorporate a bit of romance in your SF&F story.
Davon shares a...
When the Scent of Her Lingers…
In an essay for Lit Hub, Megan Volpert says perfume is an overlooked literary device for communicating character, relationships, theme, and emotion.
"A perfume can...
