You’ve got your novel’s cast of characters, let’s say. You’ve carefully considered the central conflict between two characters.You’ve...

Sometimes it’s just dumb luck. You stumble into an obscure writing class and the instructor shows you God. You meet an author who for...

I was very surprised to hear crime novelist Elizabeth George say one time in a speech that she avoided writing novels for years, and only...

Beginners’ novels tend to sag in the middle. We have lost some of the fire of the beginning. We are still far from our stunning...

In this latest interview from Alyx Dellamonica’s “Journey” series, I talk about: How I almost gave up How some books don’t sell, but the...

Two days ago I learned that City Without End is a finalist for an award, the 2010 Endeavour. It’s given out for a “distinguished Science...