Creating Archetypal Characters and Suspenseful Plots with the Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s Journey can be a powerful plotting framework for genre fiction. For more than a year, I’ve been teaching workshops on it, and in July, at the Harriette Austin Writers Conference, I expanded the workshop, folded in material about … Continue reading

Skill Building for Writers

The Southeast chapter of Mystery Writers of America (SEMWA), the Triad chapter of Sisters in Crime (Murder We Write), and the Writers’ Group of the Triad united efforts to sponsor a free, one-day writers’ workshop Saturday 18 October at the … Continue reading