Book Review by Wendy Tippin As I said in my blog post of August, 2024, I am a young senior and a voracious cozy mystery reader, and I still am. …
Tag: Novels
Pics from “On Writing Fiction” with Thomas Froese Sat. May 17. Click here
Elgin Writers Guild hosted an afternoon session on writing fiction, and voice in fiction, May 17, 2025, featuring former St. Thomas Times-Journal reporter/photographer Thomas Froese, now an adjunct professor in…
Writing from the Heart of the Story
By Peter Bloch-Hansen Recently I had opportunity to talk about ‘writing from the heart’ of the story. What is the heart of the story? It’s what you want the reader…
Opening Lines
By Elgin Writers Guild Vice President, James John Miller The opening lines of a story have the power to spellbind the reader, or turn themoff altogether. Editors in publishing houses…