Sparkler writing is so fun and sweet. Spell out "love" or your initials and a heart — all you need is a good photographer who knows how to capture the moment.

She began researching the tragic circumstances surrounding the deaths of other actresses — Sharon Tate, Marilyn Monroe, Dana Plato — and writing about each one. The result is “Dark Sparkler ...

To learn how to make any kind of writing sparkle, I talked with Estelle Erasmus, a prolific writer and former magazine editor, writing professor at New York University, and author of the new book ...