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Ten tips to ensure that your time out isn’t forever. Every writer hits a wall. The difference between a productive pause and a permanent stall usually isn’t willpower — it’s [...]

Festivals are great ways for authors to broaden their reach and build their readerships. Here are a few tips for authors looking to snag a place on panels or seminars at festivals or other book [...]

I’ll be on a panel at the Bay Area Book Festival at the end of this month. The panel’s called Hidden Agendas: Cults, Corruption and Conspiracy in the Modern Thriller. It takes place on Sunday, [...]

PRIMED IS OUT TODAY! Gary Lawlor broke the day his sons were murdered in a car bomb meant for him. He failed to find the killer, and drank himself into a hole of self-recrimination and shame. [...]

One of the great things about working with a publisher is that you outsource the proofing of your work. The publisher bought the book, so it’s their responsibility to make sure all the [...]

I’ve been on this self-publishing journey for a while. But now it’s getting real. I’m starting to think about an actual publishing date, probably right around the beginning of [...]

1. They’re basically your book’s first date outfit Let’s be real – people absolutely judge books by their covers. You’ve got maybe three seconds to catch [...]

… that I mostly agree with. From Balaji Srinivasan (1) First, the new bottleneck on AI is prompting and verifying. Since AI does tasks middle-to-middle, not end-to-end. So business spend [...]

I was asked about this the other day, and found myself unable to answer without changing my mind. Here’s the list. But in no particular order. Boiler Room Glengarry Glen Ross Mrs Watanabe: [...]