It’s a cold dark night as you’re walking home from your friend’s party. They’re only a few blocks away from home, you think, but as you start your trek in the dead of night you start to get an eerie feeling that you’re being watched. You…
Name: Keith A. Nelson Hometown: Aubrey (Dallas) Texas Book Title: The Alaska Chronicles Genre: Nonfiction/Adventure Dorrance Publishing (DP): Describe your book in 10 words or less. Keith A. Nelson (KAN): A young man just out of High School travels…
You can learn a lot about someone by simply walking into their house or apartment. Picture walking into a very modern house with muted colors and minimal decorations. Not a speck of dust can be found anywhere, but neither can any photos of family or…
Authors often make the mistake of assuming that writing dialogue will be easy. You talk every day, how hard can it be to write someone speaking? But the truth is, speech involves nuances that completely separate it from your narrative voice. You…
Name: Dorothy J. Moore Book Title: Murder Behind the Badge Genre: Crime/Mystery Dorrance Publishing (DP): Describe your book in 10 words or less. Dorothy J. Moore (DJM):…
There are moments that the words don’t reach, there is suffering too terrible to name… This tear-jerking song from Hamilton is one of many examples of what it’s like for a character to experience ‘grief’. There are many examples of grief…
Natural disasters, or as some may call them ‘acts of God’, can often be difficult to cope with. This could refer to a bad storm where a telephone pole smashes your car or it could refer to a loved one getting very sick. Ultimately, these…
In all likelihood, you haven’t gone through your life without having experiences with or being affected by an animal in some way. Perhaps you were scared by a gorilla on a trip to the zoo when you were eight or maybe you were shaped by the love…
