Writers' careers

There's an intriguing contradiction at the heart of Nicholas Meyer's best work, a sort of chiaroscuro where the novelist, screenwriter and film director addresses dark topics in a disarmingly light manner.  Read more

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Bouchercon, North America's premiere mystery convention, an event that brings together authors, publishers, and readers alike to celebrate the wide world of crime literature.  Read more

Writing well is hard. All writers know this. So why don't we talk about it more? But we do, I hear you groan. All writers do is complain. Well, true. But it's also true that most of that complaining comes after said writer has achieved some modicum of success.  Read more

Publishing is an industry that can move slowly. Books can take years to write, and then a few more years to publish. There are exceptions, though, and the case of Regan Rose, whose debut novel just sold to Pamela Dorman for high six figures, is unquestionably one.  Read more

For almost two years after my first book was published, I did not write a single new thing-not an essay, a story, a chapter, an ode, an elegy, nor even a monostich.