A new start

A while back I mentioned that I planned to move the reader focused part of this blog over to my new website, http://www.clroman.com. Well, I'm doing it. The first posts are up and I hope you come join the fun. Just click on the link below. In the future, I won't be posting reader focused …

Research

Yesterday, I went to Cassadaga, Florida to do research for my current WIP, which, due to some highly entertaining and totally unexpected inspiration, is set there. Suffice it to say, it was a fun and fascinating experience and I will likely do it again if the opportunity arises. But here's the real question: Do you have …

Guest Post from Val Penny: Reasons to Write a Crime Novel

People like crime, at least in novels! Often, I meet dentists and bank managers with clever plot ideas, or nurses who read every crime novel they can lay their hands on. If I visit a writing group, there are always members keenly producing new murderous plots. Lawyers and convicts show equal enthusiasm for this genre. For …

A Fine Example of a Character Interview

One great way to introduce your characters to readers is a character interview. As with most things - showing is easier than telling - so for the most part I'm going to let the characters speak for themselves. However, there are a couple of things I'd like to point out first. Zach does a great …

Five Steps to Marketing Success in 2018

I am not a naturally organized person. Left to my own devices, chores and most other forms of adulting would take a bus length back seat to writing, quilting and other types of creative endeavor. And I wouldn't mind. At. All. But the thing is, even if my husband were down for letting them slide, …