Danielle Younge-Ullman's debut novel, Falling Under, will be released next Tuesday, July 29th. The description of her book caught my attention months ago. Said Kristy Kiernan, author of Catching Genius, "Danielle Younge-Ullman redefines modern fictio...

Now that I'm a real writer (heh), I've had the pleasure of working with professional editors who are right at this moment scribbling all over my submission with their red pen.

How to get out of a writing rut? I’m not talking about a small blip along the way, the kind of thing that can be surmounted with the aid of a cup of good coffee and a quick brainstorming session. I’m talking the serious downer many of us encounter...

Bigness by Donald Maass What makes a novel feel big? It isn’t a function of length, setting or theme. Some of the smallest manuscripts I’ve read were the longest. War stories and epic sagas don’t necessarily have much to say. Universal...

Last month, I explained the circuitous route my thriller novel, 7th Son: Descent, took to finally getting in print . . . and then outlined the ambitious online promotional campaign I’d crafted for the book’s debut. The post was so danged long, Writer...

I was in NYC this weekend for family fun, and lemme tell ya, those retailers know how to merchandise the crap out of anything. The Union Square Barnes & Noble, in particular, was fabulous all spangled up with holiday displays. It was sad to see the...

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone had a wonderful, food- and family-filled holiday. Now it’s Black Friday, and on this, the biggest shopping day of the year, I’d like to make a special plea: buy books this holiday season. Not my books, I don’t mean, or...