The Spellbound Reader's Bookshelf

I've always loved Cesar Cruz's quote "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." Good writing shouldn...

It can be a dangerous game, trying to write a character that is smarter than you. How do you write realistic dialogue for someone who uses w...

First of all, I hate the title of this trope, because it's not a true triangle. It's a V, with one person being the love interest of...

I've seen it a dozen times before, particularly in YA romance stories. Two people meet and there's immediate conflict between them. ...

I've written a few YA stories and a few romance stories, and it's got me wondering something. Since most people don't end up sta...

I have not been published yet. I'm querying my first novel, but I haven't gotten my first full request yet (it hasn't even been ...

  Have you ever been working on a project and realized you were speaking from the wrong point of view or using the wrong narrator? It happen...