Who Is Your Favorite Mystery Sleuth?
I love a good mystery, don’t you? I think my favorite sleuth of all time is Lawrence Block’s Bernie Rhodenbarr. That series of books is so clever and fun, and the character of Bernie is really unique....
View ArticleWhat Was Your First Blog Post?
Blogging doesn’t need to start off perfectly. I talked about this on my personal blog recently after an author admitted to me that they’re afraid of starting a blog because they wonder if they’d run...
View ArticleHow Did You Come to the Writing World?
I love hearing about how people came to the writing world. I talked about this recently at my personal blog when I explain how I came to writing poetry. The bottom line is that I was always a writer. I...
View ArticleCould You Forgive the Person That Lost Your Writing?
What if someone, a close friend or family member, lost your writing. Let’s just say they had the only copies of your writing and accidentally lost it. For good. Could you forgive? Ernest Hemingway’s...
View ArticleAre Writers Associations Worth It?
I’ve been a member of a couple writer’s associations, and in my personal opinion they can either be a great source of networking and inspiration, or they can leave you lacking. A lot depends on how...
View ArticlePoll: What’s Your Favorite Rule About Writing from Elmore Leonard?
What a loss it was when Elmore Leonard passed away recently. He left a legacy many writers would envy, and he also had a classic list of writing rules to follow. I love most of these. Truly. My...
View ArticlePoll: Do You Believe In Writers Block?
It’s a question I used to ask a lot: Do you believe in writers block? Most writers say no. In fact, when I had interviewed 200 writers (three years ago) the general consensus was no. But every once in...
View ArticleNew Salinger Books: Will You Buy Them?
A recent USA Today story says that as many as four books may be released in the next couple of years by J.D. Salinger. Any Salinger fans out there? Will you buy and read the books when they come out?...
View ArticleWho Is Your Favorite Writer of All Time?
We love writers! We all do. If you’re a writer yourself, you love other writers. So who is your favorite? Let’s give shout outs to all the writers who inspire and entertain us. Who is your favorite...
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