Mystery Monday 1 – Basic Mystery Tropes Readers Want
Basic Mystery Tropes and How to Start Writing a Mystery
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The Audiobook Opportunity for Authors Authors and readers love audiobooks. Many authors are considering publishing audio editions of their book to add to their backlist.Creating an audiobook has many benefits for independent authors. The audiobook industry is huge. It’s a billion dollar industry and growing. Be part of the action. Book lovers consume audiobooks. Book…

The Victim is The Center of Your Mystery The victim in your mystery is more than just a dead body. The victim is the fulcrum for your entire mystery. Without your victim, your sleuth has no mystery to solve, no clues, no suspects to interview, and no killer. Everything in your novel pivots around the…

What is Foreshadowing? Foreshadowing is a literary device which is an advance hint of something that will happen later in the story. Foreshadowing creates an atmosphere of suspense as the reader continues on with expectations over later events. Foreshadow upcoming events with character dialogue, plot events, and changes in setting. Each method supplies a way…

As you build your mystery chapter-by-chapter be prepared for characters arrive with unexpected actions. Evaluate these actions in relation to the chapter and to the story vision. Trust the process.

The six basic scene components and how they help you create a tight, focused scene for your novel.
The Business Side of Being an Author The business side of of being an author can be bewildering, time-consuming, and frustrating. Gabriel Mercer presents ways to keep tract of expenses and income to generate a business profit and loss pre-formatted spreadsheets for you to download and use a straightforward explanation of UTMs, how to use…