Explore My Latest Posts Amanda Flower's Advice for New Mystery Writers This week I have the pleasure of introducing you to a wonderful mystery writer, Amanda Flower (yes, that's her Duffy Brown's "Never Give Up" Game Plan to Getting Published All writers, especially first-time writers, struggle mightily with self-doubt. Believe me, I know. Even though, so far, I've stuck a mere Advice for New Writers from Author Daryl Wood Gerber aka Avery Aames Will Rogers said, "A man learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people." The Mystery of the Brain Making time to blog has been harder this summer. I'm revising my traditional mystery manuscript, and I've become obsessed. After Remind Me Again: Who Is That Character? Recently, a mystery-writing friend and I have been reading and commenting on each other's manuscripts--a very helpful thing to do. And Smell the Roses The sense of smell, scientists tell us, is the most powerful of all the human senses. It is the only Where In The World Are We? Eudora Welty (1909 – 2001), writer of stories set in the American South, famously said, "Every story would be another 1816: The Year Without A Summer Have I missed something? It is mid-May, right? Two days ago I received an email from an English mystery-writer Return From Malice I just returned from Malice Domestic, the gathering held each spring near Washington, D.C. for fans and writers of the How to Have A Perfect* European Vacation, Part III (*Nothing is perfect) I cannot end this series on the memory-making misadventures of foreign travel without mentioning the perils of trying to speak « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next » Share this: Scottish Time Travel?Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
