Author: Lisa Saul

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*BOOKS* The Secret Life of Wolf – Part Three

The Secret Life of Wolf Series: In this three-part series, you will find out the first time I met Wolf, one of my characters in the Bloodline series, how meeting him in the way I did changed my entire writing career, and why Wolf holds the keys to my past and my future.

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*BOOKS* The Secret Life of Wolf – Part Two

In this three-part series, you will find out the first time I met Wolf, one of my characters in the Bloodline series, how meeting him in the way I did changed my entire writing career, and why Wolf holds the keys to my past and my future.

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*BOOKS* The Secret Life of Wolf – Part One

The Secret Life of Wolf Series: In this three-part series, you will find out the first time I met Wolf, one of my characters in the Bloodline series, how meeting him in the way I did changed my entire writing career, and why Wolf holds the keys to my past and my future.

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*BOOKS* Never Say Never: Shadowland is now a paperback

Never say never. That should be written in big black letters on my office wall. Because if I say ‘never’, it’s pretty much a guarantee that I end up doing the very thing I said I’d never do.

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6 Extra Tips for Creating Page-Turning Mysteries

If you haven’t read it, you’ll want to at least read “Tips for Creating Page-Turning Mysteries” first, and if you are keen to go even deeper, here are six bonus tips.

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Tips for creating page-turning mysteries

In my article, “The Dream that Changed Everything,” I told you the story of the dream that God used to open my eyes to the power of mystery, secrets and unanswered questions to hook a reader. But discovering the power of mystery to pull a reader was only the beginning. Mystery, like all writing techniques, must be done well.

*BOOKS* The dream that COMPLETELY changed my writing

Many of my story ideas come from dreams that God gives me, and one night I had an especially vivid dream. In it, I saw a woman standing on top of an old crumbling turret in a kind of medieval fantasy world. The turret was all that remained of a fortress that once commanded the vast plains around it.

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*BOOKS* The special burden of being a writer – the good and bad of the writing life

My teen son, Tristan, sits on a comfortable reading chair in the corner of the room, the grey English autumn light illuminating the pages of his book. He is reading The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken.
I sit in the farthest corner to the window, my phone in hand, looking up something I need to research.