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Advice for Writers

Below you will find a number of posts I have written to help both established and aspiring authors improve their fiction writing skills and advance their careers.

The Fast Yes and The Slow No
Should You Self-Publish or Go the Traditional Route?
Developing a Thick Skin
Does Bruce Willis Have a Dog?
A "Secret" Formula for Creating a Short Synopsis for Your Book
Developing Your Artistic Style
5 Steps to Landing a Good Literary Agent
Test Your Literary Agent IQ (Quiz)
15 Common Mistakes Found in Query Letters
A Dozen+ Reasons Books are Rejected by Agents & Editors
Common Questions about Agents & Publishers
Writing: A Career You Can Fall Forward On
Dealing with Rejection from Literary Agents and Publishers
Readers, Writers, and The Curse of Genre
What Lady Gaga Taught Me about Fiction Writing
What's a Good Title for a Book?  As My Mother-in-Law 
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Blog Archive

  • ►  2012 (3)
    • ►  March (2)
      • How 3,000 Copies of My Book Found Their Way from t...
      • 10 Tips to Enhance Your Fiction Reading Experience...
    • ►  February (1)
      • Do Literary Agents Really Need to "Fall in Love" w...
  • ▼  2011 (70)
    • ►  December (3)
      • A Short Diary for Every Book I Have Ever Written
      • How a Phobia Almost Destroyed My Career
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Becky Scarberry
    • ►  November (6)
      • Developing Your Artistic Style
      • This Week's Reader Interview - KK Sierra
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Dawn Torrens
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Ginger Justus
      • Does Bruce Willis Have a Dog?
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Dorothy Beecher
    • ►  October (10)
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Russ Brown
      • Close Encounters of the Seedy Kind: Why I Left Ho...
      • The "Birth" of a Story Idea: Baby Talk
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Dax Tucker
      • Which classical female author are you?
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Sarah Brabazon
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Emily Hill
      • How to Download & Read Free Ebooks on your iPhone,...
      • Why I Will Never Change the Cover of Wild Child
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Rebecca Welch
    • ►  September (7)
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Patricia Carriga...
      • What's a Good Title for a Book? Ask My Mother-in-...
      • This Week's Reader Interview with Emma Hunneyball
      • Persistence & the Myth of Overnight Success
      • This Week's Reader Interview - Johanna Pitcairn
      • Wild Child Sequel Released!
      • This Week's Reader Interview - Alana Denton
    • ►  August (4)
      • Reader Interview - Nathalie Hamidi
      • The Fast Yes and the Slow No
      • What Literary Agents Could Learn from the Girl Sco...
      • Should You Go the Traditional Route or Self-Publis...
    • ►  July (9)
      • Tutorial: How to Hold Your Kindle or E-reader in ...
      • Which Book Hero is Your Ideal Lover?
      • Independent Authors. We Try Harder
      • Which Literary Herione are You?
      • Developing a Thick Skin
      • Writing: A Career You Can Fall Forward On
      • Go for it, Scarlett O'Hara!
      • Can I Have Your John Hancock on My Kindle, Please?...
      • True Friendship: The Story Behind "The Wrong Side...
    • ►  June (7)
      • Why I'm Not Publishing Paper Books
      • Wild Child Now Free - Sequel Out Soon!
      • A Tribute to the Late, Great Sidney Sheldon
      • Romance Novels Enjoying Renaissance Thanks to Kind...
      • Wild Child Chosen for Reading List for Writing Cou...
      • Why I Give Away Free Books
      • What Lady Gaga Taught Me about Fiction Writing
    • ▼  May (13)
      • "Baby Talk" Has Been Released!
      • New Green Water Video!
      • Readers, Writers, and The Curse of Genre
      • Thriller Author Mel Comley Signs with NYC Agent Ri...
      • Video Interview on Confessions of a Readaholic
      • Spring is Back!
      • There's No Such Thing as the Green Water
      • Wild Child Now Available on Goodreads
      • Kyle Dunlap, Jr. has Been Located
      • Video Interview on Midnight Reads
      • A Big Thank You to All YA Book Bloggers!
      • This week I'm the featured author on thriller writ...
      • Wild Child will be a Series!
    • ►  April (11)

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I'm an American bestselling thriller & suspense author and teach in the Creative Writing program at Oxford. Known for my fast-paced, 'unputdownable' novels.
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