Writing Action Scenes: Really Useful Links by Paul Anthony Shortt
I love action scenes. They’re some of my favourite things to write, so much so
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I love action scenes. They’re some of my favourite things to write, so much so
After his excellent article in The Guardian, highlighted here by Derek Flynn on his Writing.ie
It all happened by chance. A stroke of fate that meant I was born in
Menaker State Hospital is a curse, a refuge, a place of imprisonment, a necessity, a
Jax Miller’s Freedom’s Child is out this week (in case you haven’t noticed – sometimes
Creating believable characters is one of the most exciting and rewarding elements of being a writer.
I’m not bleeding. I’m not very rich or very broke. I don’t beat up old
Kate Kerrigan is the author of 10 published novels, but she is having to completely
I write while I walk, a good way of getting oxygen and inspiration. I work
As a follow-up series to the Editing Panel at Writing.ie’s Date With An Agent event,
Characters have a way of sneaking in to my head and setting up home. First
It’s a headline we’ve seen many, many times before: Newspaper reporter becomes crime novelist. The
I’ve often laughed at my obsession with collecting stationery, but the day I tossed a
This is possibly the number one rule for writing! The most common mistake new (and
Just six months ago, I was sat in front of my computer, feeling like I
As is so often the way, it was the unexpected, the unanticipated, that ended up
I was doing some intense thinking about picture books last night. My writing class
There’s a growing consensus these days in the neuromusicological world that music is about anticipation.
Crime and thriller fiction nowadays is all about the Big Twist; a literary device that’s
So you get your deal and suddenly you’re under contract to produce the next book
