Fun and games with book reviews
I’d like to revisit the topic of book reviews and ratings today. Now. Because it turns out they are really, really important.
I’d like to revisit the topic of book reviews and ratings today. Now. Because it turns out they are really, really important.
Let’s be honest: you probably couldn’t pick your favorite novelist out of a lineup...unless, maybe, it’s Stephen King.
Back in the early days of my Quest for Publication, I was equipped with naught but a trusty Pilot pen, a five-subject Mead notebook, and a plethora of ideas. Eventually, I upgraded to a keyboard and computer.
What do you call a race without a finish line? That’s not really a riddle. Or if it is, I don’t pretend to know the answer.
Writers spend a lot of time talking to themselves. We invent conversations between imaginary people, imagine a series of actions, and then transcribe what happens in our mind to the page.
Yesterday, The Renegade Chronicles were officially published...which means I can finally answer the question above.
Along with genre and characters, setting can be a deciding factor—or a deal breaker—when it comes to buying a book.
Even though “What’s your book about?” is the most difficult question for an author to answer, a few others can be tricky as well.
Synopses are the bane of a writer’s existence. Elevator pitch, logline, plot summary—whatever you call it, boiling down hundreds of pages to a handful of sentences is tantamount to torture for most novelists.
A month ago, I asked readers to vote for their favorite cover treatment for The Renegade Chronicles. After tallying up the votes, I’m delighted to report we have a clear winner.