Sometimes I sit down to write and everything flows like I'm just the medium for some muse or spirit who has things to say...other times,...

Remember my How to Help a Starving Author posts? The first was the DOs , and the second the DON'Ts , and they were aimed at readers ...

Ryan Avery , the 2012 International Public Speaking Champion, has a lot to say about being a professional writer. I know, I heard him say it...

Last year when I began my monthly turn here at Novel Spaces, one of the things I mentioned in my “ all about me ” blog posting was that I d...

John Brantingham When some mystery writers find out that I was a poet before I wrote mysteries, they expect me to be a little snobby. I...

Independent presses have a lot to offer today's aspiring authors. The slush pile is smaller and the chance for an unknown, untried autho...

As I discard the last of the Halloween candy (I thought of donating it, but who needs donated candy?), I found myself thinking about holid...