This week’s blog post is on the short side, but it’s critical advice for writers. If there’s one habit you can adopt to help you write more quickly, craft a more satisfying story, and finish what you start, it’s this: …
Love is a big deal. The romance genre is the largest and most widely-read genre of books. Just about every book, movie, and TV show touches on the subject of love in some manner. We have a whole holiday devoted …
Want to hear a depressing thought? You won’t be able to read all of the books you’d like to within your lifetime. Neither will I. It’s simple math—there just isn’t enough time. There are millions of books out there that …
I’m sure some of you are writers, and even if you are not, I’ve found that many readers enjoy a glimpse of the processes writers use to create their books. That’s my excuse, anyway, for this series of blog posts …
A funny thing happened. I kind of backed into journaling by accident. I’m a compulsive note-taker. I keep pads of paper around me at most times of the day, as well as various note-taking phone apps, and I’m constantly jotting …
One of the first questions I ask myself when cooking up a legal thriller is whether the story will be structured as a mystery or a thriller. These terms are often used interchangeably, but for me they have distinct meanings. …
In 2016, I posted a grand total of two posts to this blog. Two! In a year! That’s pretty pathetic. I write novels. I walk around calling myself a writer. So why does my website have such a dearth of …
It’s 2017. A new year. And you know what that means…. It’s time to make some New Year’s Resolutions! The thing about me and New Year’s Resolutions, though? I tend to forget about them a few days after I make …
I wrote a guest blog about why we love legal thrillers, and I thought you might enjoy reading it. The blog is on the website of Manning Wolfe, a talented legal thriller writer. I hope you will check out the blog as …
Look, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it. Die Hard in a courthouse. That was the original idea for Informant. Well, okay, there’s a little more to it than that. I was also thinking a lot about witnesses, and the relative importance …