Gwen Florio & Silent Hearts Writer of the Year finalist Gwen Florio, interviewed by Natasha Watts, talks about her writing influences, the differences and similarities between journalism and writing fiction, her most recent mystery releases and her novel Silent Hearts, set to release in July. Gwen Florio grew up in 250-year-old brick farmhouse on a…
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Writing Romance: The Climax
Hello, Campers, and welcome to Act III. Last month we covered the Crisis in our romance. Headed into Act III, most likely your hero and heroine have gone their separate ways. Broken up. Finit! Sigh. But we all know where this is going. That’s why we’re still reading. The Dark Moment has done its duty,…
Writing the Avengers: Infinity War (No, I didn’t write it, but I will steal from it!)
First off, let me be clear. I did not write the Avengers: Infinity War screenplay. Or any blockbuster screenplay, book, and/or novelization, a dictionary, thesaurus, app…pretty much anything that made me a millionaire. Now that we’ve got that part out of the way, let’s talk about the movie (which I haven’t seen yet, so no…
Meet the WOTY Finalist: Mandy Mikulencak
For all that is good and holy in the world, what possessed you to become an author? Possessed is a great word to use! It almost felt as if I had no choice in the matter. I’d been a writer and editor in the nonprofit sector for almost two decades but had never written fiction….
Writing Fresh
I recently heard about a rising singer/songwriter who has found some success on social media who decided to interview herself on her own blog. How does that even work? ME: So, what’s your main inspiration for writing? MYSELF: Why are you asking me? You probably know better than I do. I: Or at least as…