Books… Fear and the Novel — End Game Slowdown 31 Jan 2013 The last time I got to the end of my first draft of a novel, I cried. And moped for days. I'm hoping to avoid that this time around, but…
Writing The Suckage of Sequels 13 Jan 2013 I'm about a third of the way into writing the second book of my Lexy Cooper Videogame Mystery series. And it's hard. Harder than I would have anticipated. Here's why:…
Books… It’s heeeeere! 14 Nov 201214 Nov 2012 This post is a bit tardy. After all my new mystery novel "Schooled" has been available for a smidge over a week now and I'm just getting around to posting…
Writing The Art of the Cover 24 Oct 201224 Oct 2012 Even in these days of ebooks and thumb-nail sized images browsed on mobile phones, an author's first interaction with potential readers is often the book cover. When I published my…
Writing Learning to Plot 3 Jul 201219 Dec 2013 Writing The Sleepless Nanny was not easy by any means, but plotting it was --dare I admit?-- embarassingly simple in retrospect. The core story was one I had lived as…
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