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Finding the right crime fiction character name

Posted November 13, 2014 by Joel Goldman & filed under Creating characters, Crime Fiction, How to write, Language, Story Telling, Writing Crime Fiction, Writing Crime Thrillers, writing fiction.

Hercule Poirot. Sam Spade. Stephanie Plum. Lou Mason. While these familiar names roll off our tongues as if they were real people, the authors who invented them probably spent hours agonizing over every syllable. Coming up with a crime fiction character’s name may seem as hard as naming a child, and for good reason…. Continue Reading Finding the right crime fiction character name »

What’s the matter with Brits today?

Posted October 9, 2012 by Joel Goldman & filed under Language.

My good friend, Kate Naylor, laid down the linguistic-cultural gauntlet in her guest post about the many ways Americans have influenced British music, writers and television shows. That gate swings both ways. From the British Rock Invasion – to Agatha Christie – to all the British actors who won Emmys for their roles on

Fannies, bums, jugs, jam and jelly – Fun with US and UK English

Posted October 5, 2012 by backupwp & filed under Guest Post, Language.

A guest post from Kate Naylor Someone either very clever or very annoying once said that the USA and Britain are two nations separated by a common language. But do we really express ourselves so differently? Do language differences cause mayhem, chaos and confusion,