The Balancing Act: Keeping Your Series Fresh for New and Existing Readers I have a photograph of myself taken years ago inside a hotel room in York, England, where I’m reading Peter Robinson’s novel In a Dry Season. To this day, it’s one of my all-time favorite mysteries. Peter had already written several Inspector Banks […]

Giving Characters Their Own Voice   As long as there have been creative writing classes, aspiring authors have received the same advice: Write what you know.   Unfortunately, unless you know a lot — and even if you do — that advice will only take you so far. You’ll still face the issue of building […]