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Writing Craft

Crafting Backstories That Deepen Character and Plot

Alan Elliott, Cathy Rueter, Gay Yellen, Kit Sanders, Leigh Hull, Lynn Slaughter 2025

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Writing Craft

Description: Too Much or Not Enough?

Carolyn Rowland, Gay Yellen, John DeDakis, Lois Winston, Maggie Toussaint, Randy Overbeck 2022

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Mystery & Crime • Thriller & Suspense • Writing Craft

Is It a Thriller or a Mystery? Genre-Bending in a Changing Marketplace

Gay Yellen, JS Morrison, K. Scott Culpepper, Kelly Oliver, Lisa Malice, TG Wolff 2025

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Writing Craft

Love on the Page: Crafting Romance That Feels Real

Ashley-Ruth Bernier, Diane Sismour, Gay Yellen, John Carenen, Mary Adams Belk, Melissa Collings 2023

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Writing Craft

Making Readers Care Scene by Scene

Gay Yellen, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Lisa Malice, Luis E. Rosas, S. Lee Manning, Valona Jones 2022

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Writing Craft

Making Readers Feel It: Crafting Emotion That Lasts

Gay Yellen, John Carenen, Melissa Collings, Meredith Lyons, Millie Naylor Hast, Terri Parlato 2023

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Mystery & Crime • Thriller & Suspense • Writing Craft

Relentless Tension: Crafting Suspense That Never Lets Go

Gay Yellen, JD Webb, Kiersten Modglin, Linda Petrilli Duncan, Terrence McCauley, Terri Parlato 2023

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Publishing & Author Career • Writing Craft • Writing Life & Creativity

The Power of Connection: Building Relationships That Sustain Your Writing Life

Gay Yellen, James R. Hannibal, Lisa Malis, Michelle Kubitz, Sara Wigal, Sherry Stout 2017

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Thriller & Suspense • Writing Craft

The Slow Burn: How to Build Suspense That Won’t Let Go

Angela Greenman, Gay Yellen, Jacy Sellers, Kiersten Modglin, Lois Winston 2023

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Mystery & Crime • Writing Craft

What Makes an Amateur Sleuth Feel Real

D.R. Ransdell, Gay Yellen, Judy L. Murray, Kathryn Lasky, Lori Robbins, Rebecca Butler 2023

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Publishing & Author Career

What Publishing Really Looks Like for Writers Today

Carol L. Wright, Chuck Ambrose, Eric Gardner, Gay Yellen, Nancy Roe, Rob Price, Tierney James 2017

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Writing Craft

Writing Dialogue That Pulls Its Weight

Benny Sims, Dana J. Summers, Gay Yellen, Jule Selbo, Kathryn Lasky, M.K. Dean 2022