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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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Good audio storytelling is a craft that blends writing, performance, and sound design into a cohesive emotional and narrative experience. Whether it’s a podcast, radio piece, or audio [...]

A good story is one that connects emotionally, engages the audience, and leaves a lasting impression — whether it’s told in a book, a podcast, a film, or around a dinner table. While styles [...]

I love research. Most writers do. We love finding out how our characters can do stuff that we don’t know how to do, like throw pots, or field-dress deer, or cut throats without getting any [...]

You did everything right. You prepped hard, and did your research, and everything in the interview went smoothly. You can give yourself a pat on the back. But you can’t relax yet! You still [...]

There’s no way to get around this basic fact: writers today can’t just be artists; we also have to be salespeople. Back in the day, the dream scenario used to be that one wrote a [...]

‘More are published than could ever succeed’ From the Guardian …self-publishing has contributed significantly to book slop mountain. More than 2.6 million books were self-published in 2023 [...]

My thanks to Nancy Klann Moren for this delightful gift, presented to me at the SCWA St Patrick’s Day gathering in Laguna Woods. She won the limerick competition, of course. And my undying [...]