Silencers. The movie industry seems to believe one can use a silencer on everything. Another peeve for many who are in the know about guns.
Tag: Bayard and Holmes
Oct 31 2014
Writing Spies: Five Dos and Don’ts
Oct 23 2014
NaNoWriMo: Know Your Weapons!
I’m once again letting Piper hijack my blog to talk about a subject near and dear to me—GUNS. Chances are, many of you are writing thrillers or suspense or knitting books that involve FIREARMS. Piper and I are NOT the people you take to an action film unless you believe—like we do—most of these movies should be classified under “Comedy.”
Oct 22 2014
Backstory: The More You Know, The Less I Have To
So if you don’t know your backstory, you can’t leave it out. On the other hand, if you DO know it, you don’t feel compelled to put it in, because you don’t have to tell yourself your own story while you’re writing it. You can focus on telling your story to your readers instead.