By Tara Johnson, @TaraMinistry “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens “Call me Ishmael.” Moby-Dick or, the …
Make Your Character Likable in 5 Easy Steps
by Angela Ruth Strong, @AngelaRStrong In my last novel, I wrote a lazy hero. You don’t see lazy heroes very often. You see heroes who have character flaws like anger, …
Fall in Love with Your Hero
by Jennifer Chastain, @JenniferCwrites Love is in the air during the month of February! I don’t know about you, but I love a good contemporary romance. As a reader, why …
Make Your Reader Worry
by Michelle Sass Aleckson, @MchelleAleckson One of the reasons I became a novelist is because I love getting lost in a story. But I haven’t had the luxury of time to do …
How to Use Rhetorical Devices to Evoke Reader Emotion
by Christina Miller, @CLMillerbooks Don’t you love the excitement of opening a new novel? I like to let anticipation build for a few days after a trip to the bookstore, …