Writing

Paying for an editor is a tricky idea, especially when there are so many 'free' tools to help you today. Should you do it?

Announcing Last Light in the Dark — a nine-book sci-fi horror series about a salvage team trapped inside a cosmic anomaly.

Most book villains are forgettable. The ones that stick with you for years share one quality: they make an argument you can't quite dismiss.

Finding time to write around a day job, kids, and chores: why you have to make the time, how to write something anyway, and beating writer's block.

Why become an author now, in the best and worst time to start? My mistakes, hobbyist versus professional, and how fast you should write.

Why your book needs a paperback, and how the print-on-demand giants compare on price, quality, distribution, ISBNs, and ease of use.

How to choose what to write: writing to market or for yourself, picking a genre, keyword research, and whether you should mix genres.

The start of my series on writing a book: who it's for, what to expect, whether you should self-publish, and how I got started writing.