There are four skills that every fiction writer must develop: plotting a story, creating characters, writing dialogue, and writing description. The last of these is as important as the first three. Yet, relatively little has been written about the art and craft of writing description. In the Writing Description series, I’m going to try and […]
Category: Authorship
How to Write Urban Fantasy
The latest in my Genre Writer series is Urban Fantasy: How to Write Paranormal & Supernatural Thrillers. It is available in paperback and eBook (Kindle) formats on Amazon. The paperback should also be available from other book stores. Amazon UK Amazon USA
I’ve added a couple of new articles to the website, talking about how I planned, plotted, and wrote my novel The Vampire’s Skull. These are based on information I include in the latest in my Genre Writer series, Urban Fantasy: How to Write Paranormal and Supernatural Thrillers. These articles are quite long, so I’ve split […]
Crime Thriller Interview
I have been interviewed by Retreats from Oblivion: The Journal of Noircon about my non-fiction book Crime Thriller. Thanks to editor Matt Sorrento for sending me the questions. Check it out, it’s a great looking site with some interesting content. And my ineterview. Nuts and Bolts to the Eight Steps: Paul Tomlinson on Writing the […]