40 best books to read before you die

The blank-best-blanks-to-blank-before-you-blank lists are a little silly, a little subjective, and maybe a little overdone. However, I like posting about...

13 Stories About Surviving a Nuclear War

You can tell a person’s age by how much the quiet threat of a nuclear war impacted their childhood. I...

Publishing Trends: Tropes Readers Want

This is an interesting article for those who are looking to punch up their manuscripts, or are looking for something...

Clueless about Instagram?

I know I am. Can’t believe there are people out there who make money off what’s basically twitter with more...

When and Why to Work with a Trade Book Distributor

#amwriting #indiepublishing #bookstores Trade book distributors are the guys who sell your book to bookstores and other institutions. They don’t...

Heading to Bouchercon 2018 in September

Bouchercon is the world mystery writers convention, and it’s in St. Pete’s this year. Coincidentally, I have a place to...

100 Writing Tips from the 2018 Writer’s Digest Annual Conference

This would have been a good event to visit, but I’m sticking with Bouchercon 2018 as my international conference this...

Creating Iconic Covers

If you’re struggling with cover art for your book, you should read this article. Things have changed since Amazon and...

Banned book: Wool

If you’ve not read Wool by Hugh Howey, you may want to get on it. Yes, a large omnibus of...

Sleeps With Monsters – Tor.com

A neat review of author Caitlín R. Kiernan’s new work, Agents of Dreamland. This is a quest story. With a...