
“What is the Book Market Looking For?”
“What does the market want?” I hear this question frequently from first-time novelists, as if there’s some secret, as if their job
In the best stories, the reader’s attention keeps in sync with the rhythm of the prose. It’s like a snowball...
In a previous article, I went over formatting requirements for screenplays. These techniques can also help set up a sound...
Metaphors are one of the first additions to our writing toolbox, usually paired with the simile in our high school...
Occasionally, tucked somewhere between an introduction, epigraph, and dedication, a book might have a prologue. This is the story before...
There’s rhythm in prose. The rhythm might be intentionally terse, like a Charles Bukowski novel, or dense and languid like...
Ever since humans have been able to communicate, we share stories, weaving the tapestry of our shared existence. These stories...
I remember one day over twenty years ago when I was bellyaching to a friend of mine about how nobody...
“What does the market want?” I hear this question frequently from first-time novelists, as if there’s some secret, as if...
The goal of every first-time novelist or memoirist is to see their book between covers. The paradox is that...

“What does the market want?” I hear this question frequently from first-time novelists, as if there’s some secret, as if their job

I remember one day over twenty years ago when I was bellyaching to a friend of mine about how nobody was buying

The goal of every first-time novelist or memoirist is to see their book between covers. The paradox is that when we
“What does the market want?” I hear this question frequently from first-time novelists, as if there’s some secret, as if...
I remember one day over twenty years ago when I was bellyaching to a friend of mine about how nobody...
The goal of every first-time novelist or memoirist is to see their book between covers. The paradox is that...