Creativity: Invoking the Gods or Madness

Looks like the source of Creativity has been an ongoing discussion for ages. Poets in ancient Greek and Roman times invoked gods to assist i...

Ebook Prices

By Clare Langley-Hawthorne I just saw a recent analysis by Booklr of the top 100 Amazon Kindle books versus the top 100 Barnes & Noble N...

A New Definition of Writing Success

James Scott Bell Twitter.com/jamesscottbell "Rich are the records  . . . with stories of penniless authors, who, sick with hope so long...

You can't teach a cat to sing or a dog to fly.

John Ramsey Miller I’m not here on every other Saturday to teach anybody how to write. Others here know the technicalities and can...

Lesson From Gun Camp

By John Gilstrap Last week, I wrote a teaser blog about some firearms training I was to receive while pulling duty as a VIP guest of 5.11 T...

Designing a Thriller - Guest Post Virna DePaul

Host - Jordan Dane I'm thrilled to host my friend, Virna DePaul. Virna is an esteemed member of the International Thriller Writers and r...

Writing is Rewriting

By Joe Moore I just finished the first draft of my new thriller, THE BLADE, co-written with Lynn Sholes. This is our sixth novel written t...

How do you describe your main character?

Recently in the comments section of one of John G's posts , a TKZ'er asked, "What is the best way to describe a main character ...

Resistance is Futile

by Clare Langley-Hawthorne I had great difficulty rousing myself to write this blog post as we are down at my sister's beach house on th...

What is Writing All About?

James Scott Bell Twitter.com/jamesscottbell Last month I received a lovely handwritten letter from a high school student (reproduced here wi...

Soothing the Beast

I write this while listening to “Whipping Post” by The Allman Brothers Band, the live version that goes on for about three days from the At ...

Pure Coolness

By John Gilstrap I'm writing this blog post on Sunday, January 15 knowing that when you read it, I will be in the middle of a very, very...

Handling the Crush

by Michelle Gagnon I'll be keeping this short and sweet today, because as you can probably tell by the title of my post, I'm feeling...

Release Day!

Today is the official release date for Shear Murder , my tenth Bad Hair Day mystery, so you’re going to have to put up with my shameless sel...

Muscling the Muse: Or Three Easy Steps for Talent on Demand

By: Kathleen Pickering http://www.kathleenpickering.com I was a sweet, but scrappy kid. Caught a couple of bruises along the way, but as ...