Reader Friday: How Do You Create Characters?

There are three kinds of writers: those who can count, and those who can't. Also, those who like to fill out questionnaires or do extens...

YA Scavenger Hunt!

by Michelle Gagnon Hi folks! In my new role as a YA author, I'm participating in a very cool online scavenger hunt today. The winners r...

Writing Tense Action Scenes

I’m pleased to welcome to TKZ my guest, Jodie Renner, freelance fiction editor and craft writer. Jodie is currently editing my next thriller...

Admitting defeat on local flavor

By Kathryn Lilley Our stay in Hong Kong and Taipei has been wonderful (We didn't end up going to mainland China, because the jittery aut...

Shaken not Stirred

by Clare Langley-Hawthorne I'm chomping at the bit to see the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall , and hoping that through the fog of movi...

Will Immersive Reading Save Publishing and Kill the Traditional Novel?

James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell In the digital book world these days most of the talk is about whether the big publishers will survive...

A Thanksgiving Birthday

I started fulfilling my Saturday obligation by writing a post about an experience which I had with an order fulfillment company. I hit page ...

Reader Friday: Your Favorite Minor Characters

A lot of the "spice" in a really good novel or movie is a great minor character. Dickens made his fortune on them.  What about you...

Turkey Kill Zone (TKZ)

By Jordan Dane @JordanDane It’s an excellent day NOT to be a turkey…or my pants. If I had been thinking, I would have stocked up on pajama j...

Cutting the Cord

Do you feel jittery if you’re away from your cell phone or computer more than an hour? Get withdrawal symptoms if you haven’t checked your e...

Are you thrilling or merely mysterious?

Bond: Do you expect me to talk? Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die. By P.J Parrish Isn't that the best two lines of dialogue ...

Same Book, Different Title

by Boyd Morrison When my book The Tsunami Countdown came out in the UK last week, some of my Facebook fans were initially conf...

Self Publishing And Original Voices

James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell One of the joys of mentoring and teaching at writers’ conferences is coming across that “thing” all ag...

Love Your Book

by Mark Alpert Every time I write a novel I have to fool myself. I have to brainwash myself into believing a couple of obvious lies. The fir...

Reader Friday: Favorite Novel

Last week we asked about your favorite movie of all time. What's your favorite novel? Or let's put it this way: What's the one y...