Give Your Writing More “Body”

posted on: Oct 19, 2011 | author: Kathy Steffen

This month’s book review is an overview of my favorite “dead body” books. Whether you are writing a mystery, suspense, action, or...

Tools For Developing Characters: Must-Haves f...

posted on: Sep 9, 2011 | author: Kathy Steffen

Instead of a single book review this month, I’m going to share a few books that help me with the biggest and best part of my creative writing...

Word Painting by Rebecca McClanahan: A Book R...

posted on: Jul 29, 2011 | author: Kathy Steffen

Great description. Doesn’t seem all that jazzy of a writing technique, does it? Certainly not a writing skill to spend much time developing....

Best Writing Tools–My “How To Wri...

posted on: Jun 15, 2011 | author: Kathy Steffen

I love books, writing books included. I have them all. Well, maybe not all, but I do have quite a few, and my collection constantly grows. I read...

Book Review: Writing the Breakout Novel Workb...

posted on: May 13, 2011 | author: Kathy Steffen

At some point I think I’ve owned just about every book on writing. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating (I am a writer, after all) but writing...

Book Review: The Writer’s Journey by Ch...

posted on: Apr 13, 2011 | author: Kathy Steffen

The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler has a home on my all-time-favorite-books-on-writing shelf. This book has it all—starting with...