Gransom Hayes Suspense Author

After completing my first two novels, Low Men and Three Worlds Collide: Rise of the Demon Scorpion, I entered them in the Readers’ Favorite Awards Contest. I haven’t won in my category, yet. As I understand it, they receive so many entries, those that are reviewed and awarded are selected at random. But, each time,… Continue reading

I can only speak for myself, but I found books ‘on writing’ very helpful.  Stephen King’s On Writing was the first book I read on this topic. It wasn’t an instructional on writing horror either, it focused on the craft. I was pleasantly surprised at how engaging it was. Unfortunately, I discovered it after I had completed… Continue reading

I’ve found the writing community to be supportive of one another. Sure, there are some people on social media that attack others for one thing or another, but this isn’t the norm, it’s the exception. It seems clear people like that are just hedging the negative so they can get draw attention to themselves and… Continue reading

Head hopping involves jumping from one character’s thoughts to another, and then maybe another, all in one scene. This could be confusing to a reader. I had fallen into this trap while writing the first draft of my first novel. Once the manuscript got into the hands of my proofreaders and editors, they all advised… Continue reading

For the longest time, I struggled to place my novels in any specific genre because both are mash ups. This was not intentional. In fact, from what I’ve learned, it’s not recommended either.  The ‘experts’ say you need a clearly defined genre because readers want to know what to expect before they buy and then… Continue reading

To be honest, I didn’t begin writing with the intent to create a longer than average novel. I simply did what it took to complete the story. It’s that simple. After several rounds of feedback from professional beta readers and editors, I actually cut out and condensed quite a bit of the original draft.  My… Continue reading

Sitting at the computer, staring into my third novel and what it will take to finish it, I’ve asked myself this question a few times. I think I can answer it in a round-about way… It has been a few years since I started my first novel. I remember that morning vividly. The small digital… Continue reading

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