What is an author brand? I've been asking myself this but haven't had much of a chance to research the question. One of my Google ...

I had someone (@ AEMarling ) ask me on Twitter yesterday, "What about fantasy most speaks to you?" Of course I took that as an in...

At first blush, this may seem off topic for a blog about writing but what group of people use false names on a regular basis? That's ri...

How do you build a community? How do you find the common thread that will bring you and your readers together? Louis Marino, author of 5 ...

There is an excellent article about David Gaughran's book, Let's Get Digital , over on Mark Williams International . David's...

Certain news stories make me want to get up and jump for joy -- without, of course, breaking anything! A little while ago I published a cou...

A couple of days ago, The Book Designer had a marvelous blog post about why Scrivener was the ultimate program for writers. It was as tho...

You've never Blogged, Tweeted or Facebooked but now you're ready. What to do? First, congratulations! This is a big step, it'...

Kristine Kathryn Rusch hits the nail on the head. In her words, Amanda Hocking has "major storytelling chops". Critics loathe fo...

Dean Wesley Smith writes that talent is "only a measure of craft at a certain point in time and nothing more," and that the way y...