F. M. Meredith The purpose of this blog is for me to analyze the first two pages of a previous…

Judy Hogan Monday Morning, April 1, 2002.  A fight broke out during the second market, but the first day of…

Art Taylor When I first wrote “Rearview Mirror,” the opening story in my novel in stories On the Road with…

B.K. Stevens We all know we’re not supposed to do it. But I did it anyway. Almost all Creative Writing…

Tammy Kaehler The opening lines of my books tend to come to me well in advance of writing the rest…

Debra H. Goldstein Why do people giggle in stressful situations? Some say the snicker is a nervous reaction that relieves…

Margaret Hamilton This story grew out of a five word prompt for an on-line writers group. Yellow, bread and bride…

Janice Law Nights in Berlin starts with that old fashioned device a letter, in this case from the hero’s old…

Richard Edde My novel, Yeti, is sort of a sci-fi action thriller set in the remote mountains of Mongolia.  My…

Ginny Fite Ben Cromwell was murdered in the narrow alley between the casino parking garage and the ramp to the…

Ronnie Allen I decided to focus this blog on the first two pages of Aries, my latest release from Black…

Vinnie Hansen Usually I write a short story and then try to find a market for it. By nature I’m…

Judy Penz Sheluk When it comes to short fiction, you probably don’t have two pages to capture someone’s attention. You…

Alan Gordon The van pulled up and parked three blocks up and one over from the club. The side door…