A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

During a quiet moment in our household, my wife put her hand on my shoulder, looked into my eyes, and said, "I hated your last blog ent...

It's finally happened. I've reached the saturation point. I officially can't keep up with everything. I've been wrestling wi...

So here's the deal. The multi-talented and multi-award winning Julia Spencer-Fleming and I will be sending out promo packages to more t...

In the wide wide world of self-promotion, what role do libraries play? A significant one, I believe. I do perhaps two dozen library events a...

On Friday, Sept 9th, I had the pleasure of attending the Midwest Literary Festival in Aurora, IL. I gave an opening speech, following the ma...

It's like a train wreck---I keep trying to turn away, but can't. I stated earlier that I'm not going to defend myself, and I won...

I'm looking back on Bouchercon with mixed emotions. There were many good parts. I was able to touch base with dozens of writers and frie...

Bouchercon is this weekend, in Chicago. Every conference, I make out a checklist of what I need to bring. Since I always bring the same stu...

How do Amazon rankings work? What do they mean? How does ranking correlate to actual sales? A pretty good explanation can be found at http:/...

In the previous blog entry (an interview with David Morrell ), David commented on the state of the publishing industry, talked about his new...