I am not a fan of trigger warnings. I have often speculated about whether or not there’s a place for ratings on books just like we have for movies.

In designing realistic and interesting characters, I can see using profiling as a new tool. As I contemplate this, I see a few noble reasons that support profiling.

I had started writing a short story called Dr. Bonz. It is about a student that goes to be a research assistant for a mad doctor in a remote laboratory compound.

I learned some interesting facts about serial killers. I can select the type of serial killer I want to employ.

I am in the process of reading a book called Howdunit to learn how to write crime and police procedure in my novels. This week I learned about processing a crime scene.

First of all, I never knew until now that Phycho had been loosely based upon a real serial killer.

This week I did some reading in a book called Howdunit Street Cops. I learned quite a bit about leveraging basic law enforcement procedure to writer better characters

The main character, Bateman is a shallow, self absorbed, psychopath who obliviously flaunts his horrific escapades.

This week one of my assignments for my Reading in genre class was to examine a passage in the book Writers Workshop of Horror.

In this essay we learn how to leverage setting to improve our story telling. In some cases setting is even considered a character.

As a new writer point of view, or POV, has been one of the things that has baffled me so far. Actually, almost everything about writing has baffled me so far lol.

I have never contemplated the concept of having a personal theme, or as I think of it, a personal signature or fingerprint in my writing style.

In learning about aha moments, I realized that as a new writer I have a long way to go. I have very few moments, but they do exist even at this early stage.

I have often wondered what would happen if there were self-replicating nanoparticles that changed people's DNA. Who knows they might already exist, they probably do!

I absolutely hate when a story is ruined by poorly crafted sequels. The examples that you mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg.

This week took a look at “old world” monsters. When I think of these monsters, my mind goes way back to early mythology.

When I think about “Suspension of Disbelief” it seems like a simple question on the surface right?