Paula Wynne

Writing is an essential skill that is valued in today’s world. It is an ability that is overlooked and often not cultivated to its full potential.

Writing a book is only the first step. Authors now have more choices than ever when it comes to getting their books into print.

What is a semicolon? And how do you as a novelist use it in your writing?

As Sally Walton says in her sewing project book, Home Sewn Home, there is something extra special about the things we have taken time to make by hand, stitching them with patience and originality.

Over on iHubbub, I review craft of fiction books within the writing reference guides fe

In Gloria Kempton's writing reference guide on writing Dialogue, she tells us novelists that dialogue is an accelerator.

Think of Scarlett O’ Hara from Gone With The Wind or Scout Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird. They never ever lived and they’ll never die.

The First 50 Pages by Jeff Gerke probably is one of

Create good 'Baddies' when you start building fictional characters for your novel with agro bullies, nasty bastards and dangerous bitches.

How do you start to build fictional characters when you're an an aspiring writer or author?

From the Knights Templar to the JFK Assassination, Monte Cook uncovers the truth behind the world’s most controversial and covered-up conspiracy theories in this writing guide - The Skeptics Guide

James Scott Bell in Plot And Structure tells us that opening lines must hook a reader.

As an aspiring novelist you need to ensure your reader can relate to your

For a story to be successful, it must come alive on the page.

blog about writing scary scenes in The Grotto's Secret and fight scenes for @raynehall

Remember that horrid thick medicine you were spoon-fed as a child to keep you healthy? Read on to find out just how poisonous the castor oil plant is and you will be shocked!

Nicolas Culpeper' Complete Herbal

In The Grotto's Secret conspiracy suspense thriller, I imagine my medieval character to be as beautiful

Cueva del Gato, near Benojan, in Ronda right in the heart of beautiful Andalucia is one of the caves that inspired

Here are some popular means of packing up your book to go in medieval times, including the precursor of our modern tablet sleeve.

Along with the Castor Oil Plant, the Oleander is the most deadly plant in the world.

Firstly, I love this image of a fight scene in the Pirates of the Caribbean.

The garden looks overgrown which makes me groan.

I love  thrillers, especially conspiracy action adventures with a historical mystery twist, so much, I decided to compile a list of 

In my search for Historical Conspiracy Mystery Thriller Authors You Need to Follow I

As a conspiracy thriller writer I am fixated with reading books that race