Author: J.A. (Julie) Kazimer
Where Do Your Ideas Come From?
(Writer’s Digest, 1952)
Take Two Advice, and Call Me in the Morning: GOLD EDITION
I’ll bet you came back from the RMFW Gold Conference, excited to dive into your current project, filling it with all those things you learned over the weekend. Right up until it came time to actually write. The post-conference blue/block is a very real thing. Trust me, I’m not a doctor. And I don’t play…
12 Elements of Crime Fiction
Fresh, unique ideas sell books, right? Not necessarily. Even the freshest idea must follow specific ‘rules’ or elements of the genre. Don’t believe me? Then why in almost every romance novel the main character has one or more dead parents and the poor orphan was often raised by a kindly/odd/distant aunt or uncle? Or better…
The More You Know…A Writerly PSA
When I first started publishing, I felt lost and often confused. And no, that is not my normal state. How mean of you to think so… When I started thinking about proposing workshops to conferences or teaching writing at Rec Centers, I felt like I didn’t know enough to teach anyone anything. I was right,…