Diana Gould, Melodie Johnson Howe, and Sheila York pull back the curtain on Hollywood as a setting for crime fiction. Drawing on insider experience, they explore how fame, illusion, ambition, and power create fertile ground for suspense, secrets, and high-stakes drama.
Writing Realistic Courtroom Scenes: How Courtroom Drama Really Works
Courtroom scenes succeed on tension, clarity, and authority, not speeches and theatrics. Brian Cuban, James Bernier, Lisa Reppeto, Marty Ludlum, McCracken Poston Jr., Mike Rubin, Richard Turner, and Wieland Diehl draw on real legal experience to show how courtrooms...



