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Getting into the Head of a Serial Killer

Getting into the Head of a Serial Killer

by R Weir | Apr 1, 2019 | Articles, Research, Writer to Writer, Writing Process

As a fictional author, part of the creative process is coming up with a unique and riveting storyline for the next book, something that will grab the reader and not let them go until they reach “the end.” I for one do not outline my books in advance, or even...
Writing About My Father

Writing About My Father

by Tom Weidlinger | Feb 14, 2019 | Articles, Research, Writer to Writer, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process

When I started out to write a book about my father, I had no idea what I was up against. As a filmmaker who has researched, written, and produced many documentary films for public television, I thought my experience would make it easy to tell my father’s story in...
Interview with Robert Masello, Author of The Night Crossing

Interview with Robert Masello, Author of The Night Crossing

by editor | Nov 5, 2018 | Author Interviews, Research, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process, Written

Robert Masello’s The Night Crossing begins among the Carpathian peaks, when an intrepid explorer discovers a mysterious golden box. She brings it back with her to the foggy streets of Victorian London, unaware of its dangerous power…or that an evil beyond...
Bringing Place Alive in Historical Fiction

Bringing Place Alive in Historical Fiction

by Christie Nelson | Jul 2, 2018 | Articles, News + Features, Research, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer, Writing Process

It’s been said novelists have been driven mad trying to move characters from one room to the next. Spatial arrangements are often not our forte. But stories are deeply rooted in settings. In fact, place holds a key role in fiction. Try to imagine Willa Cather’s novels...
Write What You Know: How Setting Shapes Story

Write What You Know: How Setting Shapes Story

by Meredith Jaeger | Jun 29, 2018 | Articles, News + Features, Research, Writer to Writer, Writing Inspiration

I take pride in where I come from. As a native of Berkeley, or “Berserkely,” as legendary San Francisco columnist Herb Caen dubbed it, I represent the “Yay Area” with as much enthusiasm as E-40. I didn’t become a famous rapper like my Berkeley High School...
Interview with “American Traitor” author Steven Stalinsky

Interview with “American Traitor” author Steven Stalinsky

by Stacia Levy | Jun 11, 2018 | Author Interviews, Research, Written

Your position at the Middle East Media Research Institute is very relevant to the topic of propaganda and terrorism, a repeated theme in the book. Adam Gadahn, the subject of the book, was a major propagandist for Al-Qaeda. But are there other reasons that Gadahn...
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