Character Arcs
Signs and portents, my dear readers, signs and portents. Last week, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt all along the[…]
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Category: Writing
Plagiarism*
Writing a book is hard. Getting published is harder. Finding readers and selling the book is even harder. And still[…]
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Technology as Writing Aid
Apple Vision is a terrific productivity tool, but you need some patience
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Back Story Can Be A Killer
Somewhere along the way during the thirteen years between starting to write fiction and publishing my first novel, I learned[…]
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Shrieks, Rolling Stops, and…Punctuation?
Have you ever been ticketed for a rolling stop? In case you’re not familiar with the term, a rolling stop[…]
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6 Agents Looking for Your Mystery Now!
There are a lot of literary agents out there. AgentQuery lists more than 950 who represent mysteries. But, many of[…]
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An Author’s Responsibility
I’ve invited Nev March, an award winning author of crime fiction, to share her thoughts on an author’s responsibility to[…]
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Learning About Author Business Models
I meet a lot of authors who don’t realize they’re in business for themselves, but they are. Every author who[…]
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Do You Read Your Reviews? (Tell The Truth)
Before I was published, a writer friend advised me not to read the reviews of my books posted on sites like Amazon and Goodreads. I must have looked at her funny because she went on to say, “I never read reviews. My daughter screens them and sends me only the good ones.”
As inexperienced I was at that point, I knew I couldn’t follow her advice.
Heather Critchlow: The Cal Lovett Files
“What parts of yourself do you have to sacrifice to earn a killer’s trust?” That’s the question Cal Lovett, the[…]
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