A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

Three blog posts in three days? Is it the apocalypse? No. I'm just trying to get my Internet presence in order. My website is being comp...

I finally succumbed to the latest trend and sold a kidney for $32,994 to produce a book trailer---the most expensive book trailer of al...

Okay, so you've got your website. And your blog. You've got a Facebook and a MySpace page. Maybe you even Twitter--I just joined Twi...

Writers crave validation. It's built into our psyches. We believe our words are good enough to put down on paper, and then we have the n...

The Newbie's Guide To Publishing Book has been grabbed over 2000 times in the last two weeks. But you couldn't tell by looking at th...

I give advice all the time, often without being asked. A wise man ( Baz Lurhmann ) once said: Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it ...

In the spirit of full disclosure, I'm in a bad mood. For the past few days I've been wading through hundreds of short stories. I...

An all-inclusive writing book over four years in the making, filled with more than 750 pages of tips, tricks, and advice. And it's 100% ...

Call me crazy, but I believe that when a writer creates a character, they're allowed to decide what that character says and does. But, s...

Straight Up - The Official Newsletter of Author J.A. Konrath #8 In this issue: --Introduction --Book Launch Party --The Fuzzy Navel Tour --R...