Want to write a #Thriller? PLUS #RBRT #Bookreview: The Planck Factor by @debbimack #TechnoThriller
You want to write a conspiracy thriller? THRILLER: noun—A novel, play, or movie with an exciting plot, typically involving …
Tag Archives: tropes
How the West was Fun plus #BookReview THE LUCKY HAT MINE by JvL Bell #TuesdayBookBlog #RBRT
What would you do if you knew there were dog-kicking card-cheating mouth-breather cowboys with questionable personal hygiene near the ones you love?
HowTo: #YAfantasy-romance blockbuster plus #BookReview Guardians of the Lost Lands by @ShelleyWilson72
Want to write that next Young Adult Paranormal Fantasy Romance blockbuster? Who doesn’t? Of course you might be worried about …
Why @CarolJHedges writes better Dickens than Dickens #BookReview, #Mystery, #Victorian #RBRT
Not to be confused with Assassin’s Creed! For some reason, author Carol Hedges doesn’t enjoy having her fans directed to …
“The game’s afoot!” Baby farming, Victorian sleuthing, and the occasional monster #BookReview, #Mystery, #TuesdayBookBlog #RBRT
Why is everyone talking about… I know it’s happened to you too—you encounter something for the first time, and all of …
Chunky Teen Soup and other #YA #horror tropes
So…horror. I’m a total wuss when it comes to horror anything, so I do my level best to avoid it. …
Coffee with Barb & Cathy Ryan ~Character Development from Readers’ vs Writers’ Perspective #SundayBlogShare
Memorable characters: writers may create them, but readers give them life My guest blogger today is Cathy Ryan, well-known for …
Coffee with Barb & @sknicholls1 ~ A Bad Word in Writing Fiction? #SundayBlogShare
They’re the things that everybody “knows”. Little girls like ponies. Women love shoes. Men don’t cry. Everyone hates mimes. (Well, maybe that last one is a universal truth…)
Dane Curse by Matt Abraham: graphic novel without the graphics #bookreview
“Ok, so Pinnacle is a sexy hero, there’s no denying it. But the thing is he’s not just sexy, he’s thee sexy. Nobody can compare, he’s the total package; the body, the face, the attitude, the intellect, the sense of right and wrong… all wrapped up in that white bread Americana that gets a girl purring. Seriously, every vibrator I own is named Pinnacle.”
“I named my pistols.”
“Not the same thing.”
#Cliffhangers, #Trope-busters, & TMI: a rant
There are some things I love about reviewing books by new authors. They offer fresh concepts, unexpected plot twists, trope-busting …
