I’m working on a new series proposal and I thought you might be interested in how I populate this world. First, I think of all
I read an article by Heather Murphy in the New York Times recently about a lost manuscript of John Steinbeck’s. I’m never surprised to find
I’ve learned some things over the years. Parents and children both get smarter as they age. The more dollars you exchange for euros on your
Sheesh, how many times you gotta check facts?? I got an email recently from Rebecca, my production editor. She was alerting me that I might
When I write — whether for kids or adults — I seem to be drawn to characters who are going about their normal, everyday lives,
Books, movies, and television are saturated with bad guys, some of whom we even like. Fagin. Beetlejuice. Shere Khan. Moby Dick. Macbeth. All the characters
When I’m done with a manuscript, and the book is in print, I’m left with my 3-ring binder which holds the final draft, any research
Life is all about unknowns. If I knew about my spinal tumor 15 years ago when it began growing would I have done anything differently?
I opened my wormy can in a Facebook group by asking some cozy mystery readers which tropes they hated. It was a tad disingenuous on
Excerpted from 8 Weeks to a Complete Novel—How To Write Faster, Write Better, Be More Organized I feel my clock ticking. I came late to