A True Dramatist—RPLA Showcase: Walter Joseph Schenck Jr.

A true dramatist lives and breathes his craft, even when doing interviews. Today we have the showcases of Walter Joseph Schenck, Jr. His answers the usual questions with his humor and flair for prose. His play, Blemished, The Stage Play, won Gold in the 2019 Royal Palm Literary Awards. Read on to learn more about Walter and be entertained with his witticisms. Walter’s Writing Journey On the moment of conception my consciousness awoke with the grand vision of writing epic … Read More »

Experience Drives Fiction—RPLA Showcase: David Ryan

Snippets of life’s experiences can make for realistic scenes in a fiction book. That was certainly the case for David Ryan. His years as a journalist gave him behind-the-scenes knowledge of sports and police work. These details and experiences made their way into his book Dead Odds. It won Gold for Thriller or Suspense in the 2019 Royal Palm Literary Awards. David talks journalism, staying the course, and marketing in this week’s RPLA showcase. David’s Writing Journey My journey started … Read More »

The Power of the Rewrite—RPLA Showcase: Janet Franks Little

An unpublished book won a third place RPLA. Many authors would likely call it a success and move on to the next phase of publishing. Not Janet Franks Little. She knew she had a good novel, but she wanted to make it great. So she pushed up her sleeves and made significant revisions and entered the manuscript again. This time Glass Promises won Gold in Romance in the 2019 Royal Palm Literary Awards. Janet talks about the power of reworking … Read More »

“A Blessing and a Curse” RPLA Showcase: Charles Cornell

Creativity is a wonderful gift where ideas spring up from the lush jungle of the mind. But it can also be a heavy burden, drowning a person in hundreds of ideas and precious little time to work on them. Charles Cornell is very familiar with this struggle. His mind is flooded with many colorful, fantastical ideas. Luckily for us all, he’s been able to get many of these on paper. One of his recent novelettes, The Orchid Man, won Gold … Read More »

“Beware of Absolutes” RPLA Showcase: Marie Brack

Many “absolutes” float about the writing world, telling writers they “must” do this or “must not” do that. One poignant piece of advice from author Marie Brack—don’t worry about ’em. She’s an excellent person to get writing advice from, after penning her own craft book and winning multiple awards. Her novella Cold Case won Gold in the Novella category in the 2019 Royal Palm Literary Awards. Marie talks top tips, the development of her mystery series, and her newest project … Read More »

The Importance of Fluidity—RPLA Showcase: Nancy Cohen

Fluidity can be an author’s friend. As sales shifted over the course of her career, Nancy Cohen glided between genres, adjusting to the market as needed. She was delighted whenever she got to return to one of her favorites, the cozy mystery. Similar to romance, some turn their nose down at the genre. Nancy never cared and wrote what she loved. After realizing no craft book existed to help writers plot cozy mysteries, Nancy wrote Writing the Cozy Mystery. And … Read More »

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