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Distilled ThoughtsI’m one of those people who has written just about anything. Novels, short stories, screenplays, magazine articles, newspaper columns, pyramid...
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Reader Friday: Food No-NosShould black olives ever be allowed on a pizza? What about ketchup on a hot dog? What other culinary prohibitions do you follow? The post...
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Meet Webster’s New WordsBy Elaine Viets New words are supposed to be the sign of a living language. In that case, English is not only alive and kicking, it’s dancing...
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A Different Conference ExperienceA Different Conference Experience Terry Odell If all has gone well, when you’re reading this, I should have had my first cataract surgery...
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Unpacking Suspense with Agent Zach HoneyBy Debbie Burke @burke_writer Writing conferences are a mix of exhilarating and exhausting, inspiring and overwhelming, work and play. Terry Odell...
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Who Do You Believe?. Distrust and caution are the parents of security. –Benjamin Franklin The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool....
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Beginnings Are Easy. Endings Are Hard.by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell Back when Lost became a TV phenomenon, I watched the first season and was just as hooked as everybody else....
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For the Love of It–Words of WisdomBack in 2016 when I was working on the first two novels in the Empowered series and taking a self-study crash course in indie publishing, “writing...
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Reader Friday: Historical EpicsWhat epic historical novel do you love, and why? The post Reader Friday: Historical Epics first appeared on Killzoneblog.com .
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The Importance of Crafting Connected SettingsKill Zoners – Please welcome a most-helpful guest post from my good friend and long-time writing colleague, C.S. (Susanne) Lakin, who hosts...
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A Special Place In HellBy John Gilstrap It’s been nearly 45 years since Avram Davidson, writer-in-residence at the College of William and Mary told me at the end...
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First Page Critique: A Death In Vegas, And It’s Not The CorpseBy PJ Parrish Today’s submission is a second attempt. I read the first draft of this a couple years back and I thought it was a hot mess...
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Remember to BreatheI wrote this post four years ago, but the subject is important enough to redux. Plus, I needed the reminder. Maybe you do, too. When chaos starts...
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Little Writing Pestsby James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell For the last few years in L.A. we’ve been invaded by a nettlesome pest called the No-See-Um. That’s because,...
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Inappropriate ProposalsA gentleman I’ve known for years came up to me at an event a few days ago. “I hear you have a new book out.” “I do. It released last month.” “I...
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Reader Friday: Tools for the QuestChris’s hands gripped mine tightly. “Promise me you’ll go.” We sat in his tiny shack. He had “returned from the dead” after being missing for...
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True Crime Thursday – Man Walks into FBI Office and Confesses to 44-Year-Old MurderBy Debbie Burke @burke_writer On October 30, 1979, a red-haired 24-year-old woman named Susan Marcia Rose was murdered in a building under...
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Time Warps and the ING ConstructionTime Warps and the ING Construction Terry Odell UPDATE: My audiobook narrator, Steve “Captain” Marvel was unable to respond to...
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Name That CarWhat’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. –William Shakespeare * * * Last week Sue Coletta...
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Seven Questions to Test Your CharactersBy Debbie Burke @burke_writer How characters act under stress is one of the best techniques to show what they’re made of. If there’s...
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Writing Fiction That’s “Ripped From the Headlines”by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell The news is obviously a great place to find plot ideas. I used to clip news items from actual newspapers and...
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Relaxing Words of WisdomWriting can be a joyous activity, but it can also be stressful at times. The same goes double for publishing. There’s so much to juggle, and try...
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Your Own Literary AgencyLife-Seasoned Open Arms Literary Agency My subscription to a writer’s magazine had expired, and I was flipping through the latest issue to decide...
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The Ultimate Story ChecklistI’ve stumbled upon a writing resource that needs to be shared on the Kill Zone. It’s called the Ultimate Story Checklist, and it’s on a website...
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Do You Really Need to Sweat The Commas?By John Gilstrap Back in 1994, when I was putting the finishing touches on the manuscript that would become Nathan’s Run, I followed a...
