Summer Read suggestion

 Looking for a fun summer read? My book is now available!

And I am donating 50 percent of all my royalties from my paperback and eBook sales in the month of June to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC).

“The Musketeers: All For One” follows the adventures of D’Artagnan and his friends who band together to stop a plot to kill the Queen in this epic novel about the gray areas between good and evil.

To purchase an eBook download or paperback copy, go to amazon.com and search the title and author, or go to www.amazon.com/Musketeers-All-James-R-Lawrence-ebook/dp/B095XXT9X2/.

All For One against Ovarian Cancer

NEW RELEASE

With the release of “The Musketeers: All For One,” I have decided that my book could not only entertain readers but help an organization aimed at bringing awareness to ovarian cancer.

My reasons are personal as my wife, just four months after our wedding, was diagnosed with Stage Three ovarian cancer. And although she beat the odds, together we wanted to help other women in prevention and support.

I am donating 50 percent of all my royalties from my paperback and eBook sales in the month of June to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC), which began in 1995 to save lives through the prevention and cure of ovarian cancer and to improve quality of life for Survivors and their Caregivers.

More than 22,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, and over 14,000 women die from the disease. Unfortunately, most cases are diagnosed in later stages when the prognosis is poor. More information about NOCC can be found at www.ovarian.org/.

“The Musketeers: All For One” follows the adventures of D’Artagnan and his friends who band together to stop a plot to kill the Queen in this epic novel about the gray areas between good and evil.

To purchase an eBook download or paperback copy, go to amazon.com and search the title and author, or go to www.amazon.com/Musketeers-All-James-R-Lawrence-ebook/dp/B095XXT9X2/.

 I am 2/3 complete with my latest novel and have already reached 70,000 words and 300 pages! It will be by far the longest and most exciting book I have ever written. I can't wait to complete it.

 

Icebergs

A great mystery is like an iceberg. We find most of the truth below the surface.

The trick of writing a great mystery/suspense is to tell the reader everything they need to know without them realizing you told them everything they need to know.
Provide clues that double as representing something important to the overall plot.

For example, in my current novel, "Mr. REE, Detective," a teenage girl finds a barrette in the elevator, which makes her feel pretty and stops the annoying comments by her dad's girlfriend to brush her hair. It is however a major clue to the identity of the killer and isn't even a barrette at all!

Creating your characters' back stories

There are many questions you should ask yourself as you develop your main and supporting characters to ensure they become well-developed.

Some questions are basic like how old is the person, what do they look like, what are their names.  But more serious questions can give your characters and story far more depth. You might here it referred to as 'back story,' but each of us are the total sum of our life's experience. So, therefore, you need to know things like:

1. Did he/she have a happy childhood? If not, why not?

2. What were some of their past relationships like with friends or partners? What were the dynamics?

3. What things are important to them in their lives that may or may not be important to the plot, such as loves books or hates dogs.

4. What is the biggest fears in their life? Being alone? Death? Insurance salesmen?

5. What are they most obsessed with? Television? Running marathons? Drinking?

6. What was the biggest moment in their life and why?

7. What was the worst moment in their life and why?

8. What is their biggest secret and does anyone else know it?

9. Who do they trust?

10. What one word would describe them?


I always advise a writer to plan out their characters in great detail when possible. It is just my suggestion. I hope these tips help you some way.

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