by | Nov 19, 2012 | The Craft of Writing, Tips
What makes for a great mystery novel is something of a mystery to us. So we turned to one of the more successful writers in the genre, Connie Shelton, author of the Charlie Parker and Samantha Sweet series, for some clues on what separates a good thriller from...
by | Nov 15, 2012 | My Writing Life
Barbara Freethy has been making up stories most of her life. She is a New York Times bestselling author of more than of 31 novels of romance, women’s fiction and romantic suspense. Some readers might know her books for Silhouette, where she wrote under the pen...
by | Nov 7, 2012 | Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing
by M. A. Demers When publishers distribute a book internationally they will often change the text to meet regional spelling conventions; thus one will find, for example, that the U.S.-published Harry Potter uses American spelling while the British and Canadian...
by | Nov 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Donna Fasano I spent nearly 20 years writing for a big name publisher. My 32 published romance novels won awards and sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide. I am forever indebted to the editors who helped hone my craft, and the royalties I earned put both my sons...
by | Nov 5, 2012 | My Writing Life, The Craft of Writing, Tips
Brian Keene, American horror author, tackles the thorny issue of “Writer’s Block” on his blog with the post “What if nobody likes it?” Although he asserts that there’s no such thing as Writer’s Block, he does acknowledge that sometimes, life still gets in the way....
