Eldridge writes so beautifully about the land, or āina, you can almost smell the flora and fauna, while her evocative description of a hula performed during the birthday party is transporting: “She extended her field-tanned arms to the ‘ukulele player’s vamp, undulating one hand at a ti...
Sometimes folks really want to write but they feel blocked because the ideas are stuck – writing workshops are ideal for getting rid of creative constipation. Today, I want to get reallydeepinto the recesses of your mind and find what wonderful things are lurking there. You never know, you...
Like all specific genres, mystery offers up its own inherent themes. Because mysteries are ultimately about figuring out a puzzle and seeing beyond the obvious, perspective is often a major theme (as John Truby notes in the introduction to his new bookThe Anatomy of Genres). Justice is another...
C. He wants to be famous and help more people write detective novels. D. He loves writing and cares about the growth of Chinese detective writers. 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 【文章大意】本文主要介绍了石晨的书店和石晨这个人。石晨是上海一家名为Mystery Books的书店的老板,同时他也是一名侦探...
This began a few years ago. I simply woke up one morning and turned to my wife Juliet, and said, “I just dreamed a great plot for my next book.” I dreamed about the story in general, the opening, and how it would end. I decided to give it a go and once I started working ...
(the book club, the fencing club, and the junior stamp-collector club), and doesn't have time for nonsense. Which is why when she sees a man dressed all in black carrying a manila folder as he climbs out of her principal's window, her determination to get to the bottom of it knows...
It’s the weekend as I write this blog. I’m pondering my story, Mystery at the Reunion. I love the story but it’s just too short. I’ve thought about other side stories (plot lines) that I could put in the book. One thought was to follow Karen back in Grayson but that really...
Sometimes folks really want to write but they feel blocked because the ideas are stuck – writing workshops are ideal for getting rid of creative constipation. Today, I want to get reallydeepinto the recesses of your mind and find what wonderful things are lurking there. You never know, you...
Which One Won? Deciding the best book title ideas for a book about decision-making Even authors who write about how to make decisions more effectively need assistance when making a decision about their book title ideas. One such author took the question to PickFu … Read more Read moreConnec...
(Find her remarkable bookshereandhere.) Rendon, who is also a playwright and poet, writes the popular Cash Blackbear crime series, featuring a young Ojibwe woman, whose guardian is a sheriff, which brings her into occasional contact with violent crime. The fourth book in Rendon’s series,...