Dazzling Description: How to Show-Not-Tell

You’ve been told, “Show, Don’t Tell.” Now learn how. Kirkus Reviews praised Chris Eboch’s middle grade novel, The Well of Sacrifice, for its “richly textured depiction of ancient Mayan society.” Learn her secrets in this fun, hands-on-pen workshop. Make your settings sparkle, your characters come alive, your emotions explode on the page. We’ll discuss sense data, body language, and how to write in deep point of view.

Chris Eboch is the author of over 100 books for children, including nonfiction and fiction, early reader through teen, plus the writing craft books You Can Write for Children and Advanced Plotting. She is a developmental editor, ghost writer and teacher who has given workshops around the world. 

As Kris Bock, she writes mystery, suspense, and romance. In the Accidental Detective series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. In the Tales of a Reluctantly Psychic Mystery series, a quirky loner who can read the history of any object with her touch gets drawn into mysteries at the museum of oddities where she works.

Kris's Furrever Friends cat cafe sweet romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café as they fall in love with each other and shelter cats. In the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series, a Texas ranching family wins a fortune in the lottery and discovers winning the lottery causes as many problems as it solves. Kris also writes a series with her brother, scriptwriter Douglas J Eboch, who wrote the original screenplay for the movie Sweet Home Alabama. The Felony Melanie series follows the crazy antics of Melanie, Jake, and their friends a decade before the events of the movie.

Learn more at www.krisbock.com or sign up for the Kris Bock Mystery and Romance newsletter and get free Accidental Detective and Reluctantly Psychic short stories, a free 30-page sweet romance set in the world of the Furrever Friends cat café, and a printable copy of the recipes mentioned in the cat café novels. Chris lives in New Mexico with her spouse and their ferrets.