I have three chapters left to write in Book Three of my Mara series. Book Three ends with a secret mission, and the stakes are high. In order to get ideas for writing techniques to use to bring out the tension in the final chapters, I revisited Nelson DeMille’s 1980s-era spy thriller The Charm School.…

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Lionel Ruby - The Art of Making Sense

Did your father have a favorite book? Do you have a favorite book which reminds you of your father? What books do you think about on Father’s Day? Those who knew my father may expect my Father’s Day book to be the collected works of William Shakespeare. My father could recite a substantial portion of…

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