Novel Secrets

AMAZON UK AMAZON US I do love crime thrillers…in any form, whether they’re books, movies, or TV shows. I especially like crime thrille...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US Such is Life by Jeri Walker-Bickett This was an unusual collection of five short stories. Unusual, I thought, b...

In the course of reading a popular novel recently, I stumbled on an exciting new method of fleshing out characters AND improving your plot. ...

Major characters show up often in the story.  Readers will care about them. Readers expect to find out what happens to them by the end of th...

I’m not a fan of translated novels…more often than not the text is a little stilted, as the translator is usually a native of the langua...