Criminal Minds: A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson

Criminal Minds: A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson: Jim, here. Today, we welcome a guest, Alice Henderson, author of a A SOLITUDE OF WOLVERINES. I read an advance copy of this book a couple of...

Criminal Minds: One Foot in front of the Other for Eighty-seven Days from James W. Ziskin

Criminal Minds: One Foot in front of the Other for Eighty-seven Da...: With thousands of new titles being published every day, what do you do to try to raise your new book above the fray and catch the eye of re...

Criminal Minds: Ten Characters in Search of an Exit by James W. Ziskin

Criminal Minds: Ten Characters in Search of an Exit by James W. Zi...: We're in the strangest time many of us have ever known right now. How do you decide how much of the outside world to include in your wor...

Criminal Minds: Pssst. Want to See What's Inside? by Terry Shames

Criminal Minds: Pssst. Want to See What's Inside?: Terry Shames, here weighing in on what makes a good book cover. We all want our books to be read, and the first look t...

Criminal Minds: Books, Books and more....by Terry Shames

Criminal Minds: Books, Books and more....: It’s that time of year: Time for those of us in Criminal Minds to recommend some favorite books—either to buy as gifts for othe...

Criminal Minds: Write like a Monkey on Steroids

Criminal Minds: Write like a Monkey on Steroids: Very few writers are great at absolutely everything from the outset. How did you respond to the opening hand you were dealt? Do you play t...

Criminal Minds: To Tweet, or Not to Tweet by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: To Tweet, or Not to Tweet: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Blogs, Newsletters…what social media do you use and how do you use it? What don’t you use, and why not? Any ad...

Criminal Minds: The Good Life, The Bad Life and the Writing Life

Criminal Minds: The Good Life, The Bad Life and the Writing Life: (Besides getting rich) how has the writing life changed you as a person? by Paul D. Marks Rich is the only way I’ve changed from the wri...

Criminal Minds: So Many Books, So Little Time

Criminal Minds: So Many Books, So Little Time: Once you start a book, do you feel compelled to finish it? If not, what causes you to put it down? by Paul D. Marks No! And ditto for ...

Criminal Minds: Editing Panel with This Year's Anthony Finalists f...

Criminal Minds: Editing Panel with This Year's Anthony Finalists f...: By Art Taylor A few weeks back, Paul D. Marks hosted a chat about themes with this year's Macavity Award finalists for Best Short Stor...

Criminal Minds: Writer Rooter – Clearing Writer’s Block

Criminal Minds: Writer Rooter – Clearing Writer’s Block: We all hit writers’ block at some point in time. What do you do to get out of it and move the story forward? by Paul D. Marks Here’s w...

Via Criminal Minds: Pantser? Plotter? Agatha Short Story Finalists Wei...

Criminal Minds: Pantser? Plotter? Agatha Short Story Finalists Wei...: By Art Taylor I'm pleased to welcome a distinguished group of writers to help round out this week's discussion on the question &q...