My first book The Sleepless Nanny, was written in the first-person from the protagonist’s point of view. It’s basically the easiest, most natural way to write, and a good place to start for beginning writers. When I began writing my first mystery/crime novel I knew I wasn’t going to write it in the first person …
Character names are important. Personally, I just can’t read a book if I have no clue how to pronounce the protagonist’s name. Likewise if it’s something ridiculously stupid — but that’s subjective. Minor characters names are less crucial than your hero/heroine of course, but if you make them throwaway names you run the risk of …
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