Criminal Minds

How do you know when you’ve got it right?
by Dietrich
Like many of us, I’ve never had trouble coming up with stories, and I usually have the next idea in my head before the story I’m working on is complete. At the beginning, I had these stories to tell, but I had to find the best way to get them out and...

Terry here with our weekly question:
How do you continue to write prolifically, even when life occasionally kicks you in the pants?
I wish I could say I had a magic button to push that keeps me writing even in difficult times, but in the absence of a such a device, continuing to write boils down to plain old perseverance. And having a writing project that must be completed actually...

How do you know when you’ve got it right?
Brenda starting off the week
This is a subjective question because my 'right' might not be the same as yours. Have you ever read a passage and thought, if it were me, I'd change this word, or I never would have written it that way ... Yet the author who penned the words believed...

Q: What inspires you in your day-to-day life, something that influences your writing?
A: Inspiration comes in so many forms. Reading great writers inspires me to write. Some times. Other times it can bring on crippling self doubt. Before I had completed a novel, I read James Lee Burke’s Neon Rain, it was terrifyingly good. Two more of...