Links of the week September 13 2021 (37)

If you're writing a romantic suspense, the task is to build the tension in both the suspense and the romance at the same time. It's like a braided rope. Each strand has strength and purpose, but once they're braided, the finished product has more strength and becomes an entity all its own. If you can rip out either the suspense or the romance and still have a coherent story, the elements aren't sufficiently braided together.

Several comic book writers and artists have announced lucrative deals to provide exclusive content for the California-based company founded four years ago, in some cases eschewing contracts with Marvel and DC to do so.

Among the comics writers making the move is James Tynion IV, whose star is certainly in the ascendant, and who turned down a three-year contract writing Batman for DC in order to write for Substack. Advertisement Tynion, who was earlier this year named best writer in the comic industry "Oscars" the Eisner awards, has two series in development as TV shows, and scripts The Nice House on the Lake series for 2019s "mature readers" imprint Black Label, as well as penning Batman.