Writer Unboxed

Update: Solution posted at 6:30 p.m.
Abe who? Happy birthday to author Judy Blume!
Great linkie find of the week: A PDF file of Holly Lisle’s 200+ page book Mugging the Muse, online HERE.
Now normally I wouldn’t post a game (because I don’t like fun–hah) but I couldn’t resist this one. See those 9 dots […]

It was just after sunrise and still raining when Lily found her husband’s body. He was lying face-up on the asphalt apron in front of the greenhouse, eyes and mouth open, collecting rainwater.
Even dead, he looked quite handsome in this position, gravity pulling back the loose, wrinkled skin of his face, smoothing away eighty-four […]

Can it really be possible that the most successful writer in the history of genre fiction will be finished with the series that changed the world of publishing?  For those adults who idly picked up their kid’s dog-eared copy of Harry Potter and became enthralled with Rowling’s lilting prose and  sly commentary on our modern culture, […]

I was struck by something Vicky mentioned in her post last week about the back-and-forth between her and her publisher over a semi-upbeat ending for her book. I’ve been getting email in advance of the release of my next book from readers anxious about whether or not the story will end on a happy-ever-after note. […]

Last week I blogged about the importance of feedback for fiction writers, and that our good friend Ray Rhamey over at Flogging the Quill has devised the Flogometer ™, a forum where he will critique the first 16 lines of your opening and see if it meets his exacting standards.  If you can get him to […]

Bears fan? Having a dreary Monday? I don’t think so; we have some news to announce this a.m.!
Allison Winn Scotch, blog mama of Ask Allison, a fantastic site for freelance writers, has agreed to bring her astute observations and wisdom to the fiction-bloggers realm, joining Writer Unboxed as a contributor. Not only is Allison […]

If you haven’t discovered P.J. Tracy yet (a pseudonym for the mother-daughter team, P.J. and Traci Lambrecht) you don’t know what you’re missing. Monkeewrench, the first book in their suspenseful series, isn’t your regular fare; Tracy’s serial killer works by matching each murder scene to one found on a computer game. In their latest book, […]

Hello? Hello? Is there anybody there? *opens garret window and peers out* Can someone tell me what year it is? 2007? Already? Holy moly, I haven’t left my room since Halloween.
At least, that’s what it feels like. The Book has been delivered. The deed is done and cannot be undone, as someone much more effortlessly […]