Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Note: This is a question that comes up repeatedly in the Aids4Writers Program, so I thought it’d be a good idea to have it available all the time in the...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Q. I'm about 11,000 words into a suspense novel, but I can't make myself move ahead in the story. The story revolves around not only the "main"...

Vicki Hinze © 2001-2011 Q. I'm upset and I'm not sure I have the right to be. If I were a "good" person, I wouldn't be. Right now, I'm not good, I'm angry and disappointed. Can...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Don’t you love looking for hidden meanings in novels? Love digging deeper, past the obvious, and finding that special nugget of gold many writers subtly...

Vicki Hinze © 2002-2011 (Blog Post) By now, I'm considering it an established fact that I don't edit this weblog. To me (and for me) it's like sitting at the kitchen table over...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 First, let’s set the record straight. We don’t want to just cope with rejection. We want to cope with it constructively. Allowing it to shove us into a...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 I've heard you speak about characters and say you "interview" them. How do you do this? I use Kim Kozlowski's Character Interview. It takes a few minutes...

Vicki Hinze © 2001-2011 I Serve A great leader desires not to lead but to serve. Effective Leaders possess three essential traits: * Vision * Courage * Purpose Without all three,...

Vicki Hinze © 2001-2011 1) Do you have any advice on selecting literary agents to query? I have been following a site called "Writers Beware" to help our authors group be aware...

Vicki Hinze © 2001-2011 (Blog Post) Last weekend at a writer's conference, I was asked about the books that didn't sell, and I realized that I haven't discussed those much. So I...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 I'm having trouble with conflict. My last two proposals were rejected because the editor felt the conflicts "weren't deep enough." How deep is deep? I...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 What is the difference between tone and mood? Tone typically refers to the emotional atmosphere the writer establishes and maintains through the entire...