Eldred Bird not only shares the definition of Chekhov’s Gun, he shows you how to use it to edit your novel. #editingtools #mysterywriters

Eldred Bird not only shares the definition of Chekhov’s Gun, he shows you how to use it to edit your novel. #editingtools #mysterywriters
The world is made up of people of diverse backgrounds. Megan Ganesh shares ways writers can include these unrepresented people in fiction and why we should.
Lori Freeland gives us pointers on pauses, sentence clarification, places, people, dates, words at the end of a sentence, and dialogue in part 4 of her series.
Knowledge of crime is essential for those of us who write espionage or crime novels. Piper Bayard shares the criminal's approach to carjacking and kidnapping.
Colleen M. Story shares 7 places to find people to write great blurbs for your book, with tips to avoid the awkwardness of asking.
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