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The Art of Restraint in Exposition

The Challenges and Advantages of Amateur Sleuths

Emotion vs Feeling in Fiction

Put Your Side Characters to Work

Mastering Voice: Finding the Magic Mix of Style, POV & Character

How to Breathe New Life Into Real Historical Characters

Speculative Realities for Dystopian Times

A Hero, an Anti-hero, and a Villain Walk into a Bar…

Writing Villains that Readers Love to Hate

The Challenges (and Opportunities) of Writing a Family Saga

Making Historical Characters True to Their Times--Yet Relatable to Modern Readers

Using Historical Facts for Character Development

Writing Mysteries for the YA Market

Novel Pacing: The Importance of Length, Depth, and Style