about 5 days ago - No comments
What is a novel for? What is the point of them? Why do we bother to read them, much less write them? Yes, I know these sound like stupid questions, but the answers really will help you to write better novels.
The first question to answer is “Why Do We Read Novels?” It seems to me More >
about 1 week ago - No comments
How to write novel help always includes information on developing plot, creating characters, setting a good pace, and describing great settings. But how often do novelists think about theme? The best how to write a novel advice focuses on theme before it goes on to cover the other basics.
The theme of a novel More >
about 1 week ago - No comments
Secrets of the Sands (Children of the Desert) by Leona Wisoker
Leona Wisoker’s novel follows two storylines closely to its end, shifting alternatively from one to another with each chapter and having in its center three characters, Cafad Scratha and Idisio, who share the same storyline since their destinies are weaved together from the early pages More >
about 1 week ago - No comments
We writers have a real dilemma. Modern readers don’t have lots of time for us to waffle on, they want us to get straight to the action. Screenwriters are advised to go in as late as possible and leave as early as possible, and it’s very good advice for novelists too. Readers want things to More >
about 1 week ago - No comments
The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan
There is much to be said about a novel that reads well. I’ve mentioned this before on my own blog, but a book that keeps you reading ranks high for me. Not only is it entertaining, but you look forward to getting back into the book each and every More >
about 1 week ago - No comments
Under the Dome by Stephen King
Let me point out, before continuing, that I am apologetically a fan of Stephen King. Even so, Under the Dome more clearly shows King’s age and small town peculiarities as a fault rather than a gift to the storytelling. Outdated slang, references to culture and technology that are recent but More >
about 2 weeks ago - No comments
Blackout by Connie Willis
Connie Willis returns to the shelves after eight long years with an absolute monster of an epic, a time-travel saga so rich in scope that it’s taking two volumes to tell, yet so intimate in its observation of character that what you take away from it are not thrilling action setpieces but More >
about 2 weeks ago - No comments
Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett
Mr. Shivers was easily one of the most highly anticipated novels of early 2010 for me – the blend of horror, gritty realism, and the bleakness of the Great Depression setting instantly appealed to me, and I was ecstatic when I received an ARC for the title. Add to that More >
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
Rain by Conrad Williams
Last year, one of the novels I enjoyed the most was Conrad Williams’ “One” and among the things that distinguish themselves in that novel is the feelings of the main character for his son. The same thing can be easily noticed in Conrad Williams’ novella, the feelings of the main character, Ben, More >
about 1 month ago - No comments
Nyphron Rising: The Riyria Revelations (Volume 3) by Michael J Sullivan
Nyphron Rising is the third book in Sullivan’s Riyria Revelations following both The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha. The first novels set the bar rather high and I’m happy to report that Nyphron Rising manages to live up to its predecessors in just about every respect More >
Loading ...
Cold in Hand by John Harvey
