Hello and welcome to Fiction Scribe, Mr. Abrams. Let’s start with getting to know you a little better. List five things you feel define you as a person. 1. Love – for my wife, friends, children, books, our planet. 2. Laughter – Enlightenment is directly related to laughter. 3. Joy – Life is short. 4. Passion – Don Juan taught me to embrace life. 5. Wisdom [...]

Okay, class, today’s lesson is on how to write fun and interesting characters. Take out your textbooks. Turn to the page with the list of questions that you as a writer should be able to answer about your characters before you begin your novel or story. Notice the question, “What is your character’s favorite color?” Now throw your textbooks [...]

Click on the book cover to visit Joel’s website. Now, I am not master of horror. By all means, there are some great authors out there who have this down to an art. Stephen King, Anne Rice, Brian Lumley, Edgar Allen Poe. But I am willing to take a stab at it. Which brings me to the [...]

I am so delighted to be guest-blogging for Fiction Scribe. I love reading about the experiences and strategies of other writers– I think we really help give each other momentum. As for me, when it comes to writing, I can honestly say that I learned from the best. It was a conspiracy of mentors [...]

I’ve been invited to do a post, and it was specifically requested that I discuss creating true-to-life, gritty characters. I was recently going through my ‘idea book.’ This is basically a diary that I bought at a stationary store that I use as a backup to my failing internal hard drive (my mind). It’s [...]

I have been very fortunate in my life in that I became friends with people who provide me with ample numbers of books to review. Getting free books in exchange for in depth reviews still amazes me. Because of that, I like to pass on any and all similar opportunities to you. Over the past [...]

Today I welcome author Stephen V. Masse to Fiction Scribe. I hope you’ll join me in welcoming him to the site. If you would like to purchase his book, you can click on the cover graphic. If you’d like to know more about Mr. Masse, you can visit his website. Hello and welcome to Fiction Scribe, [...]

How to write a fiction or non-fiction story about a book, a news item, or a how-to subject without having the editor send you a rejection letter with a message like “your work is both good and original. But, the parts that are good are not original and the parts that are original are [...]

I am very grateful for the unique opportunity I have been given here in that it is so very rare that writers are asked about the writing process itself. As someone who has taught numerous poetry and creative writing workshops the process of writing or the craft as I have always called it was a [...]

And so it begins! The time has flown by so incredibly fast. It’s hard for me to believe that the writer’s conference is in just a couple days versus in a month or two. What’s even more bizarre for me is that I have notes tucked away for the discussion panels I’m going to be on. Crazy [...]