I'm not saying I'm perfect. In fact, I've made most of these rookie mistakes myself. And I wish someone had laid it on the line…
It is said that an author has to "fall in love" a little with his or her characters. That certainly happened to me, and it's…
You may have heard the adage, "Nobody lives in a vacuum." Well, you can apply that to writing, too. If you write a book, congratulate…
I was about to write a snotty 59-character tweet: "I can tell by your book cover that you are self-published." However I believe it's better…
Yes, I just coined the term "author blindness." It's that inability to catch errors in your manuscript because you've read it too many times. This…
Fan: Do you know what happens in the next book? Me: I know what happens in the next FIVE books! Fan: Tell me! Me: Nope.…
I've had the pleasure of watching Star Trek (The Original Series) for the first time in my life. Even though it originally aired while I…
As the founder and CEO of BabyNames.com, names are extremely important to me. I put a lot of thought into naming my characters in…
