by Rolynn Anderson | Oct 25, 2017 | Coffee, Books & a Blog
Where do you place yourself on the fear spectrum? What I’ve learned as a writer is that you, the reader, have developed a preference for how much death, destruction and darkness you want to deal with in a novel. I’m a writer of suspense novels. Yes, some...
by Rolynn Anderson | Aug 5, 2013 | Reader News
Some of you planned to be writers from the get-go, but I decided to take on the craft the day after I ended my career as a high school principal. Â Now, with fifteen novels penned, three novels published and a fourth release in 2013, I can call myself an author. Â My...
by Rolynn Anderson | Jul 1, 2013 | Book Brew w Coffee Crew, Reader News
Taking calculated risks, using critical thinking, exuding confidence and showing an independent streak, are all features of our heroines, at least we hope they are by the end of our novel or novel series. It’s the tension around “Can the heroine get there?â€...
by Rolynn Anderson | Jun 3, 2013 | Book Brew w Coffee Crew, Reader News
As a wordsmith, I like to use accurate, authentic vocabulary/terms, appropriate to the profession and the time period. Sometimes this pickiness drives me nuts. An example: I learned I wasn’t using the proper term for an Army Major’s camouflage duds. I...
by Rolynn Anderson | Apr 1, 2013 | Book Brew w Coffee Crew, Reader News
I love dogs and have been owned by many in my lifetime, though not for the last thirty years, when my busy profession and travel made it impossible to give a dog the attention he deserved.  But I figured I’d enjoy putting a dog in my Funeral Planner Suspense Series...