We have a few more weeks before Christmas, Kwanzaa, Watch Night and New Year's. Bookstores have geared up for holiday shoppers and bla...

Thriller subgenres: is it SciFi , or SciThri? By Amy Rogers When authors pitch a novel to agents or editors, they’re expected...

"Since the heroes and the gimmicks tend to repeat from film to film, only a great villain can transform a good try into a trium...

By Steven Rigolosi At some point in our writing careers, most of us wrestle with the definitions of genres and subgenres. What exac...

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Amazon.com Losing its Book Reviews Footing or Literally Misunderstood Gaining a great book review is very important for a debut author...

20 Essential Elements of a Bestselling Thriller We all want the same thing, right? No, not *that* thing. What we suspense writers and f...

Today author Chris Redding presents James Bond fans (or ace Google users) with a game. Answer 10 trivia questions and be entered in a drawin...

This may be one of the more unusual posts we've had in a while--a tutorial within the story of one author's approach to writing. If ...