This is the third post in an ongoing series of answering readers' questions.  It's not to late to ask something! Just go back to the original post and leave your question in the comments. Today's question comes from my wonderful Loft student Karen Phillips: If an important character doesn't come in until later in story, […]

This is number two in an ongoing series in which I answer your writing questions. (It's not too late to ask one–you can check out the original post I wrote and leave a question in the comments.  I'll either devote a blog post to it or respond in the comments themselves if it's a short […]

On Friday, I offered to answer any and all of your writing-related questions, and some good ones have come in.  Today, I answer a question from mystery writer and loyal reader J.D. Frost: When writing in first person, can I stay in active voice without beginning every sentence with I? This problem is the very […]