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29 Reasons Why Lists Should Never Be Longer Than 15.

"There is a large number of online writing advice sites. Do you now or have you ever used any of them? Which and why?" by Catriona 

Well, now. Not really. I'm a bit wary of free websites and the advice therein. Whether it's that thing on my leg that might have been a spider bite (it wasn't) or that chapter in the middle of the book that felt soggy (I rewrote it), it doesn't feel sensible to prise open the maw at the top of the pit of clattering madness and pitch myself in.

And as for sites...

Winnowing can be fun...by Cathy Ace

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Where in the Web...? by RM Greenaway

Q: There are a large number of online sites offering advice about many aspects of writing. Do you still use, or have you ever used, any of them? If so, which and why
 I'm still sleep-deprived after Bouchercon in Toronto, so I'm grateful that Susan got the conversation started yesterday. I have a few thoughts to add.  A friend (upside down) back before computersFirst off, do I want to turn to the internet for writing advice? Since I spend most of my day at my computer, working or writi...

One Hundred and Sixteen Priceless Bites of Writing Advice Before Dinner

Q: There are a large number of online sites offering advice about many aspects of writing. Do you still use, or have you ever used, any of them? If so, which and why?
- from Susan
20 Writing Tips from 12 Bestselling Fiction Authors21 Harsh But Eye-Opening Writing Tips from Great Authors 19 Amazing Pieces of Writing Advice from Authors50 Pieces of Writing Advice from Authors6 of the Best Writing Tips & Advice from Successful WritersTen Rules for Writing Fiction



That’s 116 priceless bits of ad...

Book Reflections: Bouchercon '17 Edition (Quick and Dirty)

If time were no problem, what books (by other people!) would you read again a) from your childhood, b) from your young adult life and c) from the last five years. Why?

I've been considering where life and society should fit in my fiction work, going as far as reexamining John Gardner's same notions in On Moral Fiction. I always wonder whether I should say something, or not say anything at all and allow my writing to do the talking for me. If folks want to know my opinions, they can be found in...

Revisiting Old Favorites

READING If time were no problem, what books (by other people!) would you read again a) from your childhood, b) from your young adult life and c) from the last five years. Why?

Jim

Childhood
This is a tough one. So many books that I loved as a child. My mother taught me to read early. Yes, four-year-old Jimmy was a whiz at reading Dick and Jane, Goofus and Gallant, and, of course, Abélard and Héloïse. Oh, wait. That was a little later. But the book I’d like to re-read isn’t actually a book. It’s...

Fuel for the writer

by Dietrich Kalteis
If time were no problem, what books (by other people!) would you read again a) from your childhood, b) from your young adult life and c) from the last five years. Why?
I will always make time to reread a great book that I loved the first time around. And I vividly remember some of the books I read when I was a kid, recalling some of the strong images they evoked. Maybe I’ve outgrown the Franklin W. Dixon’s Hardy Boy novels, but back when I was a kid I couldn’t wait for the n...

So many books in my life

By R.J. Harlick
What books would you read again a) from your childhood, b) from your young adult life and c) from the last five years
My parents were both avid readers, so I grew up surrounded by books. Though I have little memory of them, I know the first books my mother read to me were the Burgess books, ones my mother and her two siblings read as children. I still have two of them, The Adventures of Prickly Porky and The Adventures of Buster Bear by Thornton W. Burgess, one dating from 1924...

Old Friends

If time were no problem, what books would you read again from your childhood, your young adulthood, and from the last five years. Why?
From Terry Shames
I was just having a conversation last night with my husband about The Magic Mountain and how much I would love to read it again. The first time I read it, I galloped forward, propelled by the story, and at times impatient with the density of Thomas Mann’s prose. It’s one of the few books I ever read that at the end I suddenly understood more in...

Yesterday and Today

If you could talk to the person you were when you were writing your first-published novel, what insights and guidance would you give yourself about the writing life?

by Paul D. Marks


Younger PaulYounger Paul: Hey, Paul, how ya doin’? You look different than I remember you.

Older Paul: Really, how so?

Well, less hair for one thing.

Yeah, tell me about it. Anything else? Anything good, like do I look smarter?

Hmm, not really, dude. Maybe a little more wrinkled. Do you think you’re any smarter?

I hope...