I’ve been writing for publication since I was in high school. Well . . . the publication was the school newspaper! Over the years I continued to write, learn more, and grow as a writer. That’s because of three activities to become a writer. Here they are:
Knowing that I’m a published writer, people ask me all the time—how to get published. In my last post, I covered the two models that are used today: traditional publishing where an author sells his work to a publishing company. Independent publishing is where the author (with the help of a publishing company) does most of the work …
When I go to book events, there’s always someone (or more) who tell me they have a great idea for a story/book. They ask me how to get published.
Some authors insist they’d be happy to be writing—even if they didn’t get published. We write because we love to write so getting published is only part of the …
Writers often do book events in libraries, book stores, at book clubs, and before community groups. Lots of authors do these reluctantly because they don’t like to be “salesmen” with their books. But here’s why I love book events.
Last weekend, I participated in an art festival and sold my books. I shared a table with other interesting …
Lots of us watch TV and films about law enforcement people—they’re some of the most popular shows ever—often would like to go beyond sitting on the couch. Haven’t you sometimes wondered what it’d be like to be a cop? Unfortunately, many of us wouldn’t qualify or wouldn’t want to face the danger involved.
What can you do?
Here’s …
Many people who have followed the disappearance of eleven year old Jacob Wetterling in 1989, are outraged at the recent events in Minneapolis. Did Jacob Wetterling’s killer get away with murder?
The story has gone around the world. In 1989 Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped on a dead-end road in a small town in central Minnesota. For years, law …
I’m happy to tell you that my new collection of short crime stories called, Taste of Temptation has been published! It’s available in ebook form on most ebook sites and the print version should be out in about a week. Taste of Temptation has four short stories and also introduces the first four chapters of my new full-length …
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