Enough already.

by Michelle Gagnon I feel like there's been an increasingly acrimonious discourse lately on traditional vs. self-publishing, and frankly...

Haunted Theater

By Joe Moore Happy Halloween! As far back as I can remember, Halloween was and is my favorite holiday. My first memory of All Hallows ...

Guns: Fiction vs. Reality

By Kathryn Lilley   As mystery and thriller writers, we here at TKZ are required to have at least a passing familiarity with firearms. Ian F...

Low Down on The Numbers

by Clare Langley-Hawthorne Janet Reid, a literary agent, posted an item on her blog last week on the issue of self-published authors queryin...

Field Report From the E-Book Revolution #2

James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell UPDATE : Well, that didn't take long. Random House and Penguin have announced their...

Fixing the Tool

A computer is at its core a tool. For a writer, it can be the mother ship of tools. It can be a research tool, a production tool, and a comm...

Reader Friday: Writing Links Roundup

We all know there are a ton of great writing resources out there. What are some of your favorite go-to resources on the web for inspiration ...

Self-Publishing in AUDIO

By Jordan Dane @JordanDane Sorry for the delay in posting. I just got back from the trip from traveler’s hell. I had a speaking gig in the b...

Keeping a Dirt File

By Nancy J. Cohen For mystery writers, having a dirt file is akin to keeping a gold mine in your house. What is it? I’m referring to a folde...

Ugly Babies

By PJ Parrish If you could go back and change things, would you? Not your life. Your first book. That thing that burst from your heart and t...

Blue Pencil Sessions

by Boyd Morrison Just a few short years ago, I began attending writers’ conferences as an unpublished newbie—tentative,...

Baloney Advice Writers Should Ignore

James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell Some time ago I cheekily posted the three rules for writing a novel. It produced a spirited discussio...