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Visit the Setting(s) Setting the scene is vitally important when you’re trying to create a realistic novel. Looking at pictures of a place just isn’t the same as actually being there. To realistically convey its presence, you need to use … Continue reading
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Blogs are to websites as fresh ingredients are to a gourmet meal. You might have a terrific headline to pull in potential readers, but unless you can deliver the content, they won’t stick around. Blogs are a marketing tool and … Continue reading
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“The Union is being held together by threads of cotton” – Ralph Waldo Emerson – Though our country seems sadly divided these days with disagreements evident on social media, talk shows and at family dinner tables, it’s hardly the first … Continue reading
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Following the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly in the spring of 1852, threats against its author became common. Hate mail arrived daily at the Stowe’s house in Andover, Massachusetts. One morning the mailman rang the … Continue reading
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Whether you’re a freelance writer or are working on a new book, you may spend most of your day writing. Although it may be fun to be creative and put your thoughts on paper, it can get uncomfortable after a … Continue reading
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When I began writing my fictional trilogy about the South, I, like many Americans, felt well-informed on the subject. As a student of history, researcher, and writer, I felt particularly well-versed in the period before the war (Antebellum) through the … Continue reading
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Whenever she served food and drink to her master and his friends, the slave named Bett listened carefully to the political discussions. She heard the guests claim that all men were created equal and she could not help but wonder … Continue reading
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The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad. According to legend it received its name when a slave owner, hot on the heels of his runaway, lost his prey, who seemed to vanish as if on a railroad below … Continue reading
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For Black History Month, we want to acknowledge our authors whose books allow us to meet unique and inspiring characters, witness struggles and triumphs, and give us hope. Continue reading
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By Amber Bell How do you answer the question, “Oh, you’re an author? What do you write?” I say that I write mysteries set in the 1940s with the atmosphere and plot twists of film noir. My main character … Continue reading
