Dialogue is one of the first things agents and editors look at when they receive a manuscript for consideration. If the dialogue is wooden, ...

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When I got engaged to the man who’s now my husband, the first question friends asked was: “How did he propose?” Now that I have a book in bo...

Lisa Gardner is the critically-acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of over two dozen novels, and the recipient of the 2010 Thri...

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by Dan Levy Imagine you’re at ThrillerFest attending one of the many social events. You turn, and just out of earshot, Steve Berry, David Mo...

When any novel hits the stands, the author often can be found doing a blog tour around cyberspace. Many of the tour stops will involve inte...

It’s July, 2008, and I’m in a hotel conference room in Manhattan pitching a manuscript—a paranormal thriller—to a high-powered literary agen...