The author of Amy the Astronaut and the Flight For Freedom, Steven Donahue, wrote an excellent article on how to write a sequel and it’s featured on our children’s imprint, Twin Sisters Press. Please follow the link and look around while you are there.
Let Your Setting Be A Character
We love to feature tips on improving your writing by some of our incredibly talented writers. This week, Bill Noel, the author of the Folly Beach Mystery series and July’s number one Hydra bestseller, Discord, offers up his tips on using your setting as a character. Let Your Setting be a […]
Writers and Writing
Hydra author, Arlan Andrews Sr, author of Silicon Blood, was first published in 1969 and has been writing ever since. Wonder why? He has offered to tell you. Writers & Writing © 2017, Arlan Andrews, Sr. Thinking about this week’s upcoming Author’s Fair in Lagrange, where I will be hustling […]
An Interview With T. Lee Harris
To say Hydra author T. Lee Harris is an accomplished writer is an understatement. From Hydra to the Southern Indiana Writers to Per Bastet Publishing (a fine group of writers and close Hydra friends) she runs the gamut of writing styles and efforts. Here is a quick interview fans both […]
Only You Can Tell Your Story
Only You Can Tell Your Story by Bill Noel A survey taken a few years ago revealed that 83% of Americans want to write a book. I was among the 17% who had never expressed interesting in writing a book. For reasons that probably would take years of psychoanalysis to […]
Family Matters (That’s a Verb)
Former news producer, Dave Creek, has seen the family dynamic play out in real life over and over on the evening news. Now the Hydra author of Some Distant Shore, The Human Equations, and other science fiction novels, shares his thoughts on the roll a character’s family life can both […]
Why Battle Scenes in the Future Will Be Different
You are ready to write the next Hugo award nominated novel and you want to start things off with a bang by featuring a huge battle between bitter rival factions. Sweet. The question is will the scene feature a hero and anti-hero going toe to toe or something quite different? […]
5 Musts Every Paranormal / Urban Fantasy Novel Should Have
C.M. Michaels, author of the wildly popular Sisters in Blood urban fantasy series, offers up five tips on what writers need to consider when crafting a series people will want to read. I write in the paranormal, fantasy and urban fantasy genres, which comprises the lion’s share of what I […]