What Do Stephen King, Jeffrey Deaver, Jonathan Kellerman And Thomas Mann Have In Common?
Frequently, Im asked whether I know the whole story of a novel at the outset of writing it. The answer is a simple no.
I might have an idea of where I want a story to go, but often Im surprised...
Nine Characteristics That May Surprise You.
In writing “The Making of a Bestseller: Success Stories From Authors and the Editors, Agents and Behind Them,” (Dearborn Trade, 2005), we wanted to find out what separates the publishing industry elite, the bestselling authors, from...
What Can The Mystery Writers Of America Learn About Discrimination From The Sneetches?
The Mystery Writers of America (MWA), an organization that defines itself as ” the premier organization for mystery writers, professionals allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime...
What Aspiring Authors Can Learn From The 2005 Publishing Year
‘Tis the season for evaluating the year gone by! Over the next few weeks you’ll see plenty of articles summing up the successes and failures in industries all across the board: television, movies, automobiles,...
Just in case you havent noticed, there are literally hundreds of article directories cropping up on the Internet. In line with Googles Adsense program and other such programs, people are looking to get on the Internet with their Web page. One thing that most Web site owners have learned is that...
For every individual some moment comes when it seems logical to ask if that is what they want to do till the rest of their days. Indeed, according to the statistics, 25% of those involved in various industries have no interest in what they manufacture or produce or sell. The truth is that no one...
The literature explains articles to be a collection of words written in neat paragraphs on particular topics. Articles are basically written to give a glimpse of the topics that are discussed. There are millions of articles that are found on the web once you start searching for it. The best...
What A New Writer Has To Know About Creating A Character
What is the soul of a story? Some people say the plot, some others say the characters. I say, its both.
But now, Id like to talk about characters.
How do you create a character?
Here are some ways used by...
Web content writing is said to be the most easy and relatively straight-forward thing one can ever do. But when you finally sit down for it then you realize how difficult it can be. Web content writing means writing quality yet unique content for the website so that ultimately it boosts the...
We recently attended at blogging conference in Chicago, SOBCon07, and David Armano of Digitas was one of featured speakers. David implored us to stop calling ourselves bloggers. And he presented the point that the word blogger can have a negative meaning.
I think a blogger is someone who...
When I finished my book, “The Plain Truth about Living in Mexico,” I sent queries to a number of publishers. On a lark, I queried McGraw-Hill. To my utter shock and awe, they wanted to look at the completed manuscript. The editor who read the manuscript wrote back and said that he...
In our wildest spy fantasies, in addition to the any number of ruses employed by undercover agents, is the use of invisible ink to communicate covert messages in plain sight of the enemy. But while our part in the drama may be fantasy, the use of invisible ink in a variety of forms is very...