Interview

This post originally appeared on my old Blogger blog on November 23, 2011. I’ve asked some bloggers to contribute guest posts, where they answer two questions: what’s the best thing you’ve done, as a writer? what is the hardest thing, or the biggest mistake you’ve made? I am contributing posts on the same subject to […]

In my continuing quest to define the essence of writing style, I have asked a good author-friend, Gary Henry, for his thoughts. Gary’s novels American Goddesses and Rogue Goddesses cross a number of genres. They features superheroines and spies, a little sex, a hefty dash of romance and lots of action. Combining these genres takes — well, a lot […]

Guest blogger: Martin Crosbie, author of My Temporary Life

This guest post from Martin Crosbie originally ran on my Blogger blog in 2012, and it’s well worth reading again. Martin’s excellent self-published book, My Temporary Life, achieved a great deal of attention in the major media for hitting number 1 on Amazon. Here, Martin explains how he did it. This topic became the basis of […]

Creative Commons What makes a book a good read? Three more independent authors give me their perspective:  Mohana Rajakumar is author of So You Want to Sell a Million Copies?, Love Comes Later and a number of other books. Her latest is An Unlikely Goddess. Jesi Lea Ryan is author of Arcadia’s Gift, Arcadia’s Curse […]