For authors
Accurate medical information for authors.
Get answers to your medical questions, give your characters realistic injuries and recoveries, and find medically accurate verbiage.
Browse Medical Conditions
Inspiration • News • Knowledge
Sign up for the blog that keeps your novels accurate.
Get answers to your medical questions, give your characters realistic injuries and recoveries, and find medically accurate verbiage. Also, get a free guide: Which Doctors Do What?
Doctor • Author • Speaker
About Dr. Wells
Doctor by day, writer by all hours of the night, Christian, wife, mother, and speaker, I’ve written fiction for over 20 years.
I help you imagine deadly diseases and figure out how to maim, kill, or even heal your characters!
Endorsements
"
Are you writing a story with medical content? Dr. Wells to the rescue! Getting the facts right is so important to story authenticity, and general online research can only get you so far. Dr. Wells’s extensive medical expertise helped me get all the details right. I highly recommend her!!”
Denise Hunter
bestselling author of more than 40 novels
"
Dr. Ronda Wells is a Godsend! I sat riveted in one of her trainings. A feat I didn’t think could be accomplished after attending a lifetime of workshops. I am spellbound by her depth of knowledge and ability to help in so many ways. So grateful for this incredible resource."
Deborah M. Maxey PhD
Licensed Professional Counselor,
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Award winning author of The Endling
Welcome!
A little about Novel Malpractice
A quick introduction about why I started Novel Malpractice, and how it can help you
Recent Posts
08.20.2026
How to Write about Dissociative Amnesias: AMNESIA PART 3
How to write about Dissociative Amnesia AND GET IT RIGHT. WHO AM I? WHO ARE YOU? Really-- who am I? This is the question asked repeatedly by a person suffering from…
08.20.2026
How to Write About Blood Loss and Shock
"Blood will out." Shakespeare How to write about blood loss and shock: Authors should understand the effects of blood loss on the body. Acute blood loss is called hemorrhage. The state of…
08.21.2025
How to Write About Tick-borne Illnesses – Alpha-Gal Syndrome
Writing about Tick-borne Illnesses and Alpha-Gal Syndrome My first encounter with a tick-bite illness . . . Occurred when I was a Pediatric Intern at a large major city hospital. A…
