Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) A critique given or received is based on the author and critiquer developing and maintaining a bond of trust. Mutual respect and clear...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) Q. I am ready to search for an agent, except that I don't yet have a title for my novel. Here's my dilemma: My story is both a mainstream...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) After you’ve written your scene, it’s a good idea to run a checklist on all dialogue. As you do so, ask the following questions: * Did I say...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) Q. Will you please explain the difference between novels that are suspense, intrigue or thriller? Seems like they are very similar and they...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Blog Post) What follows is a question posed to me in the Aids4Writers program and my response. I hope it will be of interest and assistance to other...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) Note: The often-discussed topic in this Aids4Writers article is one that plagues many authors, so I thought it might be helpful to have it...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Blog Post) Inside each of us resides the demon Doubt. It rests easily there, right on the shoulders of Fear. And like Fear, Doubt attacks us when we least...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) Ineffective dialogue will have your reader hurling your book into the trash—if you have a book. But you won’t. For all your efforts, instead...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 The ending of a novel is the summation; the portion of the book where what the characters have experienced in the novel's events lead to a conclusion that...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Q. I work, I'm active in my community, I have a lot going on and I don't have a lot of time to invest in finding out where to sell what I write. Is there...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 The great debate between targeting category and single title as a first sale has raged ever since both types of books have published--and the battle is...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 I'm currently working on my second novel. Working full time and writing part time is not what I want to do. I'm thinking of freelancing (something along...