Writers flood social media with noise, but every word shapes perception. This post explores how careless tweets damage credibility, why readers silently disengage, and how authors can sharpen their voice online. If words are your craft, even a tweet must earn attention—or risk losing it entirely.
Is X (formerly Twitter) More Noise than a Useful Connection? Read More »
DNA changed crime fiction forever—but not in the way readers think. In the uneasy gap between instinct and science, truth becomes unstable, justice uncertain, and the past refuses to stay buried. Explore how forensic advances reshape storytelling, morality, and the psychological tension at the heart of modern crime writing.
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Behind every successful site is invisible work. Discover how internal linking, tag refinement, and removing dead links reshape SEO, strengthen structure, and connect the right readers to your content without changing what they see.
Broken Links and Aligning My Site for a More Intimate Browsing Experience Read More »
The experience of encountering someone who interrupts conversations to regain attention, feeling entitled to be the center of focus. The author reflects on their past tolerance of such behavior but now chooses to walk away, prioritizing personal comfort and meaningful social interactions over engaging with attention-seeking individuals.
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Let me qualify what I have said above by saying that if you want sex every night and your spouse only wants sex three times a week, you are not living in a sexless marriage. If you want sex every night or three times a week and your spouse wants sex once a month, you
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Before the phrase “Does Body Count Matter?” became popular, “Don’t Kiss and Tell” was the well-practised alternative. It was more acceptable not to speak of past lovers than to proudly broadcast the encounters in a numbers wrap-up. Once upon a time, in a land filled with scandalous secrets and forbidden whispers, there existed a phrase
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You’re a writer. There are a gazillion ways to arrange letters and words to make murder happen inside the pages of your fiction. You’ve got a character who is doomed, and now it’s time to bring your best words together to commit your special kind of crime. You’re creative, which means you’re observant and have
Let’s Commit Murder! Read More »
Arms stretch toward lightIt bends just out of their reachHope learns how to wait
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This character was one of the last to be included in this psycho-thriller. Maxine was designed to be colourful when sober, but when drunk, she is obnoxious enough to unsettle dinner guests. Maxine heads a group of small business owners who specialise in photographing weddings. Most of the newer, inexperienced photographers trying to break into
Character Spotlight: Maxine Sewell. Read More »
I married a woman who cannot stop working. She never stops. Never. To some, that sentence might sound like admiration, and in some ways it is. She is efficient, disciplined, and capable in a way that makes most people look disorganised by comparison. At work, I imagine she must be formidable. At home, she is
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