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Why Dead Parents make your writing lazy…

  • by ace
  • Posted on September 23, 2010

I enjoyed this editor’s take on the staple of fictional children and teens  –  also known as…

The Ol’ Dead Dad Syndrome.

And it’s good advice too!

Thanks, Publisher’s Weekly.

Stay tooned…

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