

The Writing Life: 4 Ways to Refocus
The writing life can be a lonely one. Well, it has to be, given that it is all about a person diving into their imagination on his or her...


How to Support Authors Without Spending Any Money
I recently posted an item on social media which gave a checklist entitled How to Support Authors Without Spending Any Money and I thought...


Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers • the magnetic power that attracts readers...


4 Steps to Boosting Your Story's Appeal
Most writers I know write from their imaginations. I mean that they sit down and permit their imaginations to deliver to them a sequence...


A Personal Message
A recent health scare compelled me to re-address my priorities. Confronting the real possibility of death in the last few days brought...


Learn and Obey the Rules
Another point that occasionally comes up with writers is an attitude to do with ‘rules’. The attitude is 'To Hell with Rules.' It's a...


Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers • the magnetic power that attracts readers...


Why I Don't Like Horror
The question arises from time to time, ‘Why doesn’t Clarendon House publish a horror anthology?’ It also pops up in group comment threads...


The World of Marketing #15: The Author's Role
It’s interesting that there’s an apparent fundamental dichotomy beneath the surface in the life of writers. Throughout their fiction,...

