Cara Black, Charlaine Harris, Ellen Hart, Jamie Freveletti, and Sara Paretsky discuss how they connect with their female protagonists. They explore the evolving challenges women face in fiction and how resilience, identity, and cultural change shape the characters readers remember.
First Line, First Paragraph, First Page: What Every Great Opening Must Do
William Martin breaks down what it takes to grab a reader from page one and hold their attention. He introduces six key principles he believes every strong opening must address, while also highlighting common language and structural missteps that quietly push readers...




