Perhaps more experienced authors are not surprised by this phenomenon but as a new author I was floored when this happened to me for the...

Thankful as I am to say goodbye to 2020, it contained some great stuff for me. I published my first novel, I wrote my first business...

The first line in a novel is critically important. If you grab a reader with it then you capture their interest and hopefully more time...

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Every great story has a villain! They act as the foil for your hero and give the shade so that the light shines brighter. Darth Vader,...

I have been a fan of Dan Brown for a decade or more. I love the descriptions in Da Vinci Code, I love his ability to keep me turning the...