A few notes on children and adolescents’ daily life during the German Occupation of Paris In June 1940, as the German advanced through Fr...

Women at the soup kitchen Last Christmas I was walking through my local mall and came upon a group of young children staring , wide-eyed,...

This is not one book, it is ten books by some of the best authors setting novels against WWII background. I'll talk more about it when it...

It isn't only my characters that shed tears. Too many memories flooded my brain while I was writing. The nightmares, which too me so long...

This first annual edition of Discovering WWII Novels is a showcase of WWII historical fiction novels by the authors of the Second World W...

First of all, we should note that comma usage is not fixed across the English-speaking world. The Brits have differing views about commas...

You may have already several plot ideas in mind. We all have incidents in our lives that can be dramatized into stories. However if you a...

There is nothing intrinsically complicated about plots. A plot is the chain of cause and effect that advances the story. Think of it as a...

NAMES Once you have created your characters, you have to name them. They have to appeal to the majority of readers. It is not enough to f...

MORE ON CHARACTER BUILDING Let’s suppose you have an idea for a story for which you have created a heroine and other characters you’ll ne...

Archetypes In literature an archetype is a character based on a pre-existing model. We're all familiar with the self-made man, the damsel...

With all characters, major and minor, an author should think of them as real people. To do this, some writers open a card or computer fil...

My local library reserved a couple of hours a month for a writers’ group. As I am the most experienced, I happily share my knowledge. Wit...