Got Villain?

Let’s talk about the hero and the fatal flaw. No one is perfect, therefore the hero has to have at least one flaw to be overcome during the climax.
Hero + flaw = character arc = believable character.
But, how does the hero get to the point of needing to grow beyond their flaw? [...]

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Writer’s Master Class

Bob Mayer and Margie Lawson
Two of the hottest conference speakers making the RWA rounds in one intense weekend!
Writers’ Master Class Weekend http://www.murderinthegrove.com
DETAILS:
When: June 5-6, 2009 at the Owyhee Plaza Hotel
Where: Boise, Idaho
SPEAKERS:
New York Times bestselling author Bob Mayer has thirty-eight books published. He has over three million books in print and is in demand [...]

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Mixing metaphors like a fox

Well, research can be your friend, a friend that likes to drink and tell lewd stories. Turns out I guessed right in wanting to write “Bladesman” in a harboiled/noir detective style. It has all the traits of one. So I have some of the books on CD, and I’m looking for more. I hear Elmore [...]

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Novel Maps

I recently put together a Google Map for my soon to be released mystery novel – Null_Pointer. Authors use maps to help them write in many ways, from exploring cities that they have not been to, to getting a feel for where their characters are actually located in the real world.
I wrote Null_Pointer in [...]

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