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Writer's Digest July/August 2009 (PDF)

Writer's Digest March/April 2009 (PDF)

How to Weld Dread: Hanging and Carrying a Dark Mood From Start to Finish

The Deadly Dozen: 12 Ways to Shoot Yourself in the Foot Writing a Crime Novel

Lights, Camera, OPEN!

Top Ten Mistakes Authors Make When Writing Stories

Finding the Story in Moments of Helplessness

The Art of Restraint in Exposition

10 Forensic Faux Pas & How to Get Away With Murder!

Kick the Imposter to the Curb: The Benefits of Allowing Who You Are as a Writer to Reflect Who You Are as a Person

Emotion vs Feeling in Fiction

Nail Your Novel (or Memoir’s) Voice and Tone

Visual Storytelling: How to Write Compelling and Visual Fiction

Terror and Horror: Making a Tense, Unsettling Read

Successful Revision Strategies

Laugh Yourself to Death: Mixing Humor With Darker Topics Like Murder and Suspense

When and How to Jettison History in a Historical Novel

Lessons Learned After a Decade of Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy

Writing in Short Forms

An Appetite for the Page

The Art of Retelling Existing Short Fiction

The Unexpected: Irony and the Short Story

Writing Villains that Readers Love to Hate

The Challenges (and Opportunities) of Writing a Family Saga