Did the inspiration for this book have anything to do with jigsaw puzzles? How important to the success of a book is it to have a good editor? What advice does he have for authors that aren’t yet published? Was there a specific inspiration for this book? Years ago I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and…
Who out there doesn’t like to work puzzles? Dr. Frederick Rhineman loves jigsaw puzzles, so he creates a unique one of his own. I’m sure he must have gone to his grave laughing about the string of events his devious plan would set in motion. Dr. Rhineman, a brilliant chemist, claims to have developed a…
Lisa’s Writopia was created in February 2015. What are my all-time top ten articles? The ones listed below are the most popular articles on my website. Each title is a link to the article, and the first paragraph of each article is after its title. 1 – Confusing Words – Aah, Ah, Ahh, Aw, and…
Are you trying to figure out a crazy street name to use in your story? I’ve compiled a list of these for you to refer to for ideas, and the names of some streets are truly wacky. Most of these streets are located in the United States, but there are some that are in England…
𝑀𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 showed us that aliens live among us disguised as humans.
Are you writing a mystery about cars? Or maybe you are a car fanatic. Have you ever thought about using a town with the name of a car in your story? Below you will find the list of towns that have the same name as automobiles. The states they’re in are listed in alphabetical order,…
Does ha-ha always mean laughter? What do you call someone who is a leech? What is the term for one who advocates equal rights for men? What else can goose flesh be called? ha-ha – Ha-ha is not always laughter, although if someone tripped because of your ha-ha, it would probably cause you, not the…
Jodie M. Swanson, a graduate from Owen-Withee High School, has served in the US Air Force and writes what her dreams tell her to. Sometimes she blurs the genre line when writing fantasy, paranormal, military/conspiracy, and alien contact. In her science fiction writing, she uses lots of real-life conversations and experiences. Her first work, Another…
Marshall Hail, an industrial billionaire and respected physicist, is a man on a mission. His mission turns to revenge though once his wife and twin daughters are killed by terrorists. Now his only desire is to kill the those responsible for taking his family from him. When a super rich and intelligent man wants to…
Trash cans haven’t always been around for families to dispose of their trash in. So what did they do with their garbage? That depended on where they lived. Farmers and their families turned food scraps into pig slop. Of course, pigs will eat anything, even dead bodies, so who knows what was fed to them.…
