A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

I just got a pair of reviews for my latest Jack book, FUZZY NAVEL (July 8, 2008), and it got me thinking about something: Reviews sell books...

If you're a fan of the Claire Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mysteries written by friend and literary dynamo Julia Spencer-Fleming (and you ...

Writing isn't a career for the weak-hearted. Besides the regular perks of self-employment, such as spending countless hours on your tax ...

I've been doing a lot of travelling lately, giving my standard inspirational talk to newbies (if you've seen my tattoos, you know th...

I think that many authors get discouraged because they work their butts off self-promoting, and don't see immediate benefits. How could ...

Meanwhile, in the NFL.... Coach: OK, guys. The first half was a little rough. Player #1: Rough?!? We're getting creamed 78 to 3! Coach: ...

I recently had a talk with an author friend who was saddened that a writing organization she has belonged to for many years has changed its ...

I just finished writing Jack Daniels #6 (Cherry Bomb, coming July '09 from Hyperion) so now it's time to get back into promotion mod...

Let's talk about getting paid. As writers, we're often so grateful that someone would actually want to publish our words that we may...

A Newbie's Guide To Publishing is now three years old. That's a long time to be blogging. And reading some of my older posts (over 3...