by June Shaw "We'd like to write a book with you," my two teen granddaughters told me. "Do y'all just want mone...

Telling the Truth Is Hard Even When You’re Making It Up As You Go I’m a private person. A friend says it’s because I’m a Pisces. I thin...

Back in January, I wrote a blog about the usefulness of prompts to get a story going. On that occasion it was a picture prompt for T he W...

by Jean Henry Mead Writing a series can be an asset as well as a hindrance. An asset because your readers look forward to each new no...

by Carola My first mystery just reissued after 20 years (and 21 more in the series). Read an excerpt here http://historicalfictionexcerpt...

More Writing Tips--some redundant. by Jackie King Rule 1 : Don’t allow yourself to be intimidated. Books are written one word at a t...

Last year I was one of the adjudicators at the Scottish Association of Writers’ Conference in Cumbernauld. I spent time with old friends,...