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Fudging History: Is It Ever OK?
As a reader of fiction, I appreciate historical accuracy. A novel with a historical setting, whether that be Tsarist Russia or Feudal Japan or the South America of the Inca, can spring to life for the...
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Using Bookmarks in Scrivener 3 for Quick Access to Supporting Materials
The ability to import research, images, and web pages into Scrivener is one of its best features, but sometimes creating a bookmark—a link to the file or location—might be a better option. (NOTE:...
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My Research Revelation
So I’m trying to bootstrap my writing game to the next level by investing time and hard work in research. Now, those who know me know that “I hate research like a cat hates baths.” But just now I made...
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Juggling Act: Writing a Novel Within a Novel
Please welcome back Yona Zeldis McDonough, the award-winning author of seven novels, twenty-seven books for children and numerous essays, articles, and short stories; her latest novel is The House on...
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The Top 7 Details You Need to Think About When Writing Historical Fiction
Missouri State Archives Please welcome back Warren Adler, the acclaimed author of The War of the Roses, a masterpiece of macabre divorce adapted into the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated hit film...
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Creating Authenticity from Estate Sale Treasures
Some priceless items found at estate sales (Photo by Monica Bhide) Please welcome our guest Monica Bhide whose first novel Karma and the Art of Butter Chicken released earlier this year! Monica’s work...
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How To Make Your Readers Believe the Unbelievable (Or, The Importance of...
Please welcome Colleen Oakley as our guest today! Colleen’s debut novel Before I Go was a People Best New Book Pick, an Us Weekly “Must” Pick, a Publisher’s Lunch Buzz Book, a Library Journal Big...
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The Anti-Doom-Scrolling Diet (Think Tacos)
Photo by the CulinaryGeek Anyone else feel as if they’ve aged a decade in the past year? (Make mine a century.) The continual stream of bad news, the need to doom-scroll Twitter to keep up with the...
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Why I Am Not Writing
I’m reading instead. I’ll take your questions now. (Joke.) Actually, that opening answer is very much true, for reasons I’ll discuss below, but it’s not the whole picture. It’s also not the case that...
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Using Split Screen to Save Time in Scrivener 3
Do you ever find yourself switching between windows/programs to refer to research or images, or scrolling up and down within a document to view something you wrote in another section? If so, check out...
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