Writing While the Rice Boils

Yesterday, we looked at how your first page is like a handshake . Today we're going to watch some of those handshakes in action. First ...

The first page of your manuscript contains the words that can make you a published author. Why? Because if these sentences make an agent or ...

Last Friday, I highlighted the amazingly sarcastic agent, Miss Snark . And while the person I focus on today is not an agent, she is the f...

I can't tell you how impressed I am with author J. A. Konrath. He is a best-selling, multi-published author, who gives back to new write...

This week's book is The Weekend Novelist: a dynamic 52-week program to help you produce a finished novel  . . .  one weekend at a time ....

I'm sure you've never heard of Lesa Holstine but if you're a mystery , crime , or suspense writer, you'll want to get to kn...

O nce upon a time, deep in the vibrant heart of New York City, a busy literary agent decided to write a blog. But not just any blog. You se...

How would you like to be part of a writer's group nearing 100,000 members? A place to find writing tools and like-minded folks who are w...

I'm back. Exhausted after driving 2300 miles to take my daughter to college, but it was a wonderful trip. Girls only. And she's stud...