I sit in a dark hotel room facing the door. One hand rests on Boris’s head, and I idly scratch the Caucasian Shepherd’s ears. The dog is silent, well trained, but I feel the tension vibrating throu…

Last month, I did a series of posts about Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing and how I use them. Leonard’s rules are pretty specific and granular and have a lot to do with the actual nuts …

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Last week, I published an article about the first five of Elmore Leonard’s famous Ten Rules for Good Writing and how strictly I adhere to them. You can check out that post here, but as a quick remi…

One of my literary influences is Elmore Leonard. If you’re unfamiliar, Leonard is the author of some of the greatest crime fiction novels (among other things) that you have almost certainly heard o…

Last week, I posted an article about how I write dialogue, which dialogue tags I use, and why and when I use them. To be clear, I don’t think there is a right and wrong way to do this, just a way t…

If you’ve spent any time among writers, be it on social media or even in private writing groups, you will have almost certainly heard the “rule” that you should only use said when it comes to dialo…