Amy wasn’t loving the hand drawn sketches she was doing, and for some reason, it didn’t fit with the story. A dream XD) But wait, I thought! Why just stop there? Why not create a second surprise?īut before I tell you what it is (I know, I know, I’ll get to it soon! Promise!), I’d like to take a quick trip down memory lane.Īfter writing and editing An Apprentice Escapes, we (meaning my family and I, lol.) decided that the book needed illustrations. Alas, my dream of winning an Oscar shall remain just that. Now *cough* I’m not the best narrator ever, but it was super fun to make the clip (minus my slightly tired voice, to which I apologize. I plan to go on and check out the other books in this series, but I hope the other authors are better fiction writers than this guy.First off, remember back when I celebrated 50 subscribers, and I asked for suggestions on what to do? Well, one of you suggested doing an audio clip of one of my stories, and I thought ‘Hey, why not do it for An Apprentice’s Escapes anniversary?’

Maybe it did help him understand the material presented here at least enough to present it in a clear and readable manner. never helped his fiction writing any, other than provide him the information that makes up this book. From the use of quotes from his own published novels, and from the fiction that he created from this book, its obvious that the M.D. His name never appears in the book without it. I also noticed that Wilson is in love with the M.D. I imagine that it might be difficult to continue to work after someone thrust a huge needle into your hand, eh? Such wonderful writing to be used as a model for would-be authors. ‘And someone get a blood pressure.’ A large cardiac needle was thrust into his hand as he palpated Cedric’s chest to locate the ridge of the sternum.”

‘Let me have a cardiac needle,’ he demanded.

“Glancing up at the monitor, which still showed normal ECG activity, Jason touched Cedric’s neck. I can’t say much for his choice of quotes, especially this one from Robin Cook’s Mortal Fear: Wilson uses some quotes from books–mystery and otherwise–to illustrate his sections. There’s a lot of great information here, from the description of how an emergency room is arranged and operated, to the same for an autoposy, to numbers for ways in which people die by suicide, homicide and accidents. This is part of the Writer’s Digest “Howdunnit” series–aids for the mystery writer when constructing a story. Cause of Death: A Writer’s Guide to Death, Murder, & Forensic Medicine, Keith D.

An Apprentice Escapes by Lillian Keith