Can one picture really paint a thousand words?

In Oscar Wilde’s novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a corrupt young man sells his soul to ensure that the effects of sin and age show only in a hidden portrait.

Choose one of these famous portraits and see if you can find a story in it!

The Mona Lisa [...]

Many authors have personal blogs that they put a lot of time into. Fans sometimes enjoy following their favorite author online. Other writers like to hang around digitally to learn from the masters.

In the genre of Christian mystery and suspense, Brandilyn Collins is one of the top writers. Her blog posts at Forensics and Faith may [...]

Finally . . . fantasy! See what you can do with these:

The trick, as always, is not only to INCLUDE the images in your story, but to include them in an original manner.

Please share a passage with us in the [...]

If you enjoy the classics–Dickens, Austen, et. al.–you might enjoy a more literary form of contemporary fiction called “upmarket.”

Some of the best writers of upmarket fiction on the Christian shelves share some very contemplative posts on Novel Matters.

Always food [...]

We haven’t done much for the mystery writers out there yet. Try these old standards…with a new twist.

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