by Lynne | Oct 20, 2022 | Featured, Fiction, Writing process
What makes crime stories so therapeutic? Writer and family counselor Lynne Reeves has some theories.
by Lynne | Oct 22, 2021 | Featured, Fiction, Writing process
I had the privilege of writing a guest post at Rogue Women Writers on Dark Emotions and Character Likability. KJ Howe: Does your protagonist have to be likeable? Author Lynne Reeves doesn’t think so. In fact, she feels it can be quite compelling to have a challenging...
by Lynne | Dec 2, 2020 | Featured, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing process
You wait for your characters to reveal the heart of their stories to you. You read and reread your novel, begging it to sing so you’ll know you’re done. You wait for an agent to read your manuscript, then an editor to make an offer. Rejection slips come in the forms...
by Lynne | Oct 19, 2015 | Fiction, Writing process
The magic pixie dust for how to reach lots and lots of readers may be elusive, but two things about book discoverability are indisputable: readers are always on the look out for good stories and writers are increasingly desperate to find their people. While the...
by Lynne | Feb 19, 2013 | Featured, Fiction, Writing process
In my ongoing series, Conversations, I talk with interesting people who have something compelling to say about family relationships. Today I’m chatting with Rachel Simon, bestselling author of The Story of Beautiful Girl and Riding The Bus with My Sister. Lynne:...
by Lynne | Dec 2, 2011 | Fiction, Motivation, Writing process
This room without a door—through which you have to pass to get to our screened-in porch—is where I spend more hours than I care to count writing my novels. It’s affectionately called Boston. When my children were little and interruptions unremitting, I sat them down...