Write at the Light

Say something smart, get their attention, say something smart. Don’t waste people’s time. Earn the desire to turn the page. There’s a lot of wisdom in marketing and advertising writing for folks who write fiction. Here’s a nugget from a top advertising writer-turned-mystery writer. Read the whole interview at Lawrence Bernstein’s Info Marketing Blog. Read [...]

Amazon.com WidgetsAt a party the other night, I asked a writer working on his first novel what kind of novel it was. He said it was a romance, and he said it with that self-deprecating expression that makes you know that he expects you to sneer. I told him that I thought romance was a [...]

A lot of fiction suffers because the author mishandles showing versus telling. Both are necessary in a piece of writing. Showing is what brings the reader into the midst of the action and makes the reader feel what the character is feeling. There are times, however, when it’s wise to skip lightly over events that [...]