SECRETS AND SUSPENSE
SECRETS AND SUSPENSE Nancy J. Cohen No matter what genre you read, you probably like an element of suspense. This keeps you turning pages and makes the book a quick read. For a whodunit type mystery, the secrets are part of the game. As authors, we aim to raise...Novel Opening Lines
So, dear reader, what do you think, did I catch your attention? If you read that opening page standing in the bookstore would you turn the page and keep reading or would you set the book back down ont eh shelf right were you found it?
Life as the Fodder for Novels
Oh how those college years were the woe of my existence, but now the food of my writing. As I have been penning my two most recent novels I can definitely see how the events that have a basis in real life make for a better story. The dramatization and enhancements flow so easily when I remember that look upon my roommates face as we all ate ice cream after her first kiss. Or how quickly six of us would run through a box of tissues as we cried with her after being dumped and then ridiculed the sorry specimen of a man who would dare to hurt her feelings.
Why I wrote Longbourn’s Unexpected Matchmaker
February 2007 was a cold winter that I stayed indoors much of. Snuggled into large blankets at the edge of the couch with my laptop logged onto one of my favorite sites, the Derbyshire Writer’s Guild.
