Long before your retiring, you dreamed of becoming a writer. You’re not alone. The Gallup Organization found that 81% of mature adults dream of writing a book.
You’ve never attempted more than the basic writing required by your career-letters, perhaps a report, even a grant application. Now at last, as a retiree you have the time [...]

In fiction writing, events occur in strict chronological order. If you would like to know what this means, please read on!
In previous articles I’ve used my fictional tongue-in-cheek character Detective Jake Bullett to help me along. Jake’s tough and gets into a lot of scrapes where things happen quickly. Let’s see what a sample could [...]

Do you want to write a fantastically successful non-fiction book? Do you feel you know how to write a successful non-fiction book? Many people who feel passionate about a certain topic cannot wait to put words on paper so that they can tell the world about it.  They may want to help people improve their [...]

I want write more about style, just continuing from the last article and with next suggestion.
Suggestion 7: economy of style. Think back to the old man on the barge from an earlier blog: “On a sleepy, sunny afternoon I was sitting on the banks of a canal, when a barge came chugging gently towards me.” [...]