One of the chief advantages of writing mysteries is that you can actually make a living at it. Usually, mysteries are published in series. Once you have established an engaging main character and a perfect setting (according to Bowker, Americans like their mysteries set in “the misty bogs of Scotland and London’s Trafalgar Square” – but New York or Rome will do in a…

Join Marsha Cook on April 2 at 9PM EST - 8 PM CT - 7 PM MT - 6PM PST when she welcomes two very successful authors from WORLD CASTLE PUBLISHING...Kathi S. Barton and Charlotte Blackwell. 

It's going to be a great show and joining in the fun will be author Bethany Cross from REBEL INK PRESS who will open the chat room and phone lines.

It's going…

What suggestion do you have for me attending my first writer's conference? How many copies of my manuscripts should I take? Should I take manuscripts that is incomplete? What is the  approach for me in approaching a literary agent to get the contract?

Thanks for your input.

Dr. Willie White

Been working hard on my latest manuscript (still untitled) though the Easter weekend did muff up my writing schedule a bit. I also have a big promotion coming up for DROP OUT on April 4^th with KND’s new Book Gorilla newsletter. I paid extra to be on the premier front page and be exposed to @ 20,000 opt-in readers. Will it be profitable? I guess we’ll see. I need to sell 150 books to recoup the cost.

I’m also trying a new promotion with a site called…

Article first published as Random House Opens Its Doors to Self-Published Authors, Perhaps on Blogcritics.

Vanity of vanities; all is vanity

With a few famous exceptions, self-publishing, aka “vanity” publishing, is the kiss of…

It’s April Fool’s day today and the beginning of a month where I have high hopes of getting my title, SHADOW OF THE WOLF into the spotlight. I intend putting it on the Kindle Select promotion for three days: 18/19/20. It will be free of course and I’m hoping to pick up some good reviews and, naturally, some sales after the promotion. It’s always a risk, giving away your books for free. If you get a high number, it means that readers have picked up your book for nothing and may not even…

Set in the French countryside, Toby's Tails relates the first year in the life of the author's Border Collie, starting with his earliest recollections on the farm where he was born. His life changes when Susan Keefe adopts Toby and he bonds with his new human family, their goat, Molly, and Lucky, the old Golden Retriever who becomes Toby's mentor. Toby's…

Full name: Bonnie Toews

Book Title: THE CONSUMMATE TRAITOR

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN-10: 1461015383

Genre: Historical Fiction/Spy Thriller

Paperback: 344 pages

Brief bio: As a journalist, Bonnie Toews has covered significant events such as the Rwandan genocide in…