Write What You Fear

By Jordan Dane Everyone has heard the line – Write What You Know. When I first heard the line, the first thing that hit me was a question. W...

Elements of a great ending

By Joe Moore We’ve had plenty of posts here at TKZ about story beginnings. As a matter of fact, we invite submissions and devote the month...

The ultimate holiday wish list for writers

The holiday shopping season has barely begun, and already I sense desperation in the air. Last week the anchors at CNBC fretted over whether...

Book Group Etiquette

by Clare Langley-Hawthorne My mother-in-law's book group has kindly asked me to come visit next year which has prompted me to think abou...

My Lunch With Larry

James Scott Bell Twitter.com/jamesscottbell Every writer needs a mentor. Or at least someone to offer encouraging words during those dark, ...

Now We're Cooking

I cook the Thanksgiving Dinner at casa de Hartlaub each year. It involves some basic planning, such as buying a frozen turkey on Sunday. It...

Thanksgiving Supper Rules for Social Networking

by Michelle Gagnon Clare's excellent post on Monday discussed what not to blog about. I thought I'd add an addendum to that, based ...

The Post-Book Blues

Everyone knows about post-partum depression, but how about the post-book blues? A writer works for months on a project. Momentum builds to t...

SHARING GOOD NEWS: A Twit speaks on Tweets

By Kathleen Pickering  http://www.kathleenpickering.com I’m calling myself a Twit because it took me so long to understand the REAL value ...

What not to Blog About

by Clare Langley-Hawthorne I came across a blog post by literary agent Rachelle Gardner on ' what not to blog about ' and it prompte...

How to Eat the Publishing Elephant

James Scott Bell Twitter.com/jamesscottbell The elephant is our most versatile bestial metaphor.  We sometimes refer to the big issue everyo...

Tis That Season Again

John Ramsey Miller Tomorrow (that would be 2 days ago in Blog time) around three AM I am going to drive 11 hours into the much deeper South ...

Averting Disaster

by John Gilstrap Okay, Damage Control  (July, 2012) is finished and submitted and the publisher is happy.  Now I can come clean: By way of b...

ADR3NALIN3

I wanted to share with TKZ that Michelle Gagnon and I will be launching a new group blog geared for thriller authors writing dark YA. Our bl...

The trashing of a guerrilla library

I woke up this morning to the news that police in New York have trashed a library. Literally. According a firestorm of tweets and reports t...

NaNoWriMo Writing Tips

by Clare Langley-Hawthorne So it's that time of year again - National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) - and I've been looking over s...

Decency

James Scott Bell Twitter.com/jamesscottbell It started on the playground when I made fun of a kid named Eddie. We were in fifth grade and ...

A New Slippery Slope

Advertising in e- books. Are you ready for it? Do you want it? Granted, advertising in a book is not a new idea. There are paperback imprint...