Recently, I was thinking about the mistakes I’ve made in my writing career. There have been a few. But what career doesn’t have some? Screw-ups are all part of learning…as long as you don’t keep making the same ones again and again. […]
I do quite a few talks on the craft and business of writing, so when I see something that I can use during a presentation as an example I pounce on it. So when I saw someone using copyrighted images on the […]
Well, I pulled it off! I’m back from Long Beach, California and the biggest gig of my writing career (thus far). I was the toastmaster for this year’s Bouchercon (aka the World Mystery Convention). I was honored to have been asked seeing […]
SIMON SEZ is dark this week as I’ll be emceeing this year’s BOUCHERCON. See you in a week.
As people are aware, well I hope they’re aware, I am the toastmaster at this year’s Bouchercon (aka the World Mystery Convention) to be held in Long Beach, California next week. With every Bouchercon, the convention supports a couple of local charities. […]
Great fiction can teach a writer a lot about their craft, but so can bad fiction. I don’t go out of my way to find crappy stories, but if I come across one, I won’t trash it, I’ll examine it. A few […]
I’m turning SHELF LIFE today over to my chum, Jess Lourey. A couple of months ago I expressed my feeling about crowd funding by authors to get their book projects off the ground. Well, Jess is doing it…along with all the guilt […]
It’s Halloween this month, so I went with a spooky choice as my Book of the Month pick—THE SCRUBS. This is also a title of mine which has fallen between the cracks with readers and I hope you will take the time […]
In honor of Dyslexia Awareness Month. The part I love most about writing is the first draft. It all pours out in a blur of activity. My office crackles with the sound of a clicking keyboard. The greatest moment is when I […]
Unlike movies, books aren’t advertised on TV and radio, except on rare occasions. So the responsibility for advertising my books falls on my shoulders. Although an engineering student, I studied advertising and media at college. I learned about the all-important “opportunities to […]