Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy In real life, being judgmental might cause a few problems, but in fiction, it's something every character should aspire to. How characters--especially the point of view characters--judge the world around them shows readers what that world is like and how it works (and even non-genre writers need to world build, it's just […]

Kait Nolan Summertiiiiiiiiime, and the livin' is easy... Summer is the season of lazy days, naps, vacations, and endless stretches of time. The perfect opportunity to catch up on your TBR pile. You sit down with the latest Nora Roberts, only to have to put it down again to take the kids to their latest […]

Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes In our last Writing Spies article, we talked about bugging rooms.* But what if our characters need to know if a room is already bugged?  First, consider the character being bugged and the character or organization doing the bugging. Some characters are going to expect surveillance. For example, Mafiosos […]

Gwen Hernandez Scrivener understands my writing needs in a way that other word processors never have. Here are 10 reasons why I threw over the old standbys. 1. Scrivener remembers your spot. Every time you open a project in Scrivener, it takes you right to where you left off. Maybe not such a big deal when […]

In a few days, my son will be out of school for summer break. He’s signed up for a few weeks of camp but unlike previous summers, he’ll be home more weeks than at camp. The deeper into the end-of-year crazies we got, the more freaked out I became over schedules. When am I supposed […]