Tag Archives: fiction writing

Music to a Novelist’s Ears

Posted on July 7, 2014 2:34 am GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  One of my favorite Amazon customer reviews of BAD DEEDS is by fellow (is that term appropriate for a woman?) author Rose Robbins. On the Amazon product page, it’s the second one down on the left. What I like … Continue reading →

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Methods and Aids I Use to Write Fiction

Posted on August 26, 2013 5:51 am GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  Ever since my debut thriller HUNTER took off, fellow writers have asked me if, when writing, I am an “Outliner” or a “Seat Of The Pants” writer. These labels describe two extremes on a spectrum of methods that fiction … Continue reading →

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Fictional Heroes and Personal Transformation

Posted on June 24, 2013 8:37 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  Here is a new essay by me, published online for the first time at The Atlasphere. It presents the reasons — now backed by empirical psychological studies — why fictional heroes provide us not “mindless escapism,” but are actually … Continue reading →

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