By J.T. Ellison   Only six years ago, I was a debut author. I remember the joy, the excitement, the sheer, unadulterated f...

I don’t belong here.  Everywhere I go, there’s a little devil on my shoulder that says: you don’t belong here. It’s been there for a...

by J. Mark Bertrand It’s not enough to write what you know. You have to write like you know. All the research in the world won’t save you...

  When we debut authors finally see our books in print, on the shelves, and in readers' hands, we find out important things about our...

by Jodie Renner Congratulations! You’ve finished the first draft of your novel! Now it’s time to go back and polish up your first few pa...

by D.L. Sparks As a romantic suspense author and a lover of suspense, one of my favorite writing tools is the reversal of expectation (R...

Timothy Hallinan, author of the Poke Rafferty series, has an excellent blog , in which he often looks at the process of writing. A couple of...

by Jamie Freveletti I’m a bit tired of people stepping on dreams. I have a lot of dreams. Some are pretty attainable, and others are off the...

I’ve always enjoyed reading journalist Don Graves’ column CANADIAN MYSTERIES in The Hamilton Spectator. So I was thrilled when he gave LET ...