Writing Tips: Who Needs Rules to Write? “There are three rules for writing a novel,” W. Somerset Maugham once quipped. “Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” Anyone who’s set pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) knows this to be true. However, that’s never stopped members of the literati from offering advice in […]
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Why are readers fascinated with Secret Societies?
Thrillers and secret societies seem to be a perpetual trend. What lies behind this fascination? The first thing I’d like to say is that while I am a terrific fan of a good secret-society thriller, Dominus is a story that I wrote, in part, to challenge some of the assumptions of that genre. It’s not […]
Best War Novels of Intrigue
Best War Novels of Intrigue While the clash of swords and the roar of cannons are impossible to disregard, the skullduggery that precedes and underlies human conflict is often even more absorbing and attractive to fiction writers. The plotting, frequently violent, that surrounds the creation of key alliances and the securing of resources, the efforts […]