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My First Book Deal
How Developing a Writing Community, Attending a Conference & Working on Craft Skills Helped Me Get My First Book Deal

The Exceptional Value of the Author Newsletter
Showing up in a reader’s inbox is more valuable than hundreds of thousands of social media followers.

Your Inner Critic Cannot Coexist With Your Creator In The Same Moment
Every writer needs an inner critic eventually


How Far Do You Go in the Name of Research?
They tell you to write what you know. I’ve always taken issue with this advice.

Get Your Thriller Published in Three Easy Steps
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Outrageously Nonlinear Journey


A Neighbor’s Guide to Murder
Why Every Thriller I Write Has a Completely Different Process

Is it Actually Fun Being a Crime Writer?
On how many occasions do you actually get to feel great as an author?

The Long Way to the Page
There were only two things that I wanted for my future:
to write and to travel.


Skyring Water
A hunt for a mysterious and deadly treasure leads from Spain to Israel, then Venezuela, Argentina, and Chile.



Us Authors’ Runaway Dream
The world we used to write in and about is gone.

How a Hollywood Screenwriter Transitioned to Writing His First Novel
I had spent my entire career training myself not to do precisely what I was trying to do now.

What Writing My Second Novel Taught Me
How different could writing under contract be?


Rejected?
Here’s How To ‘Friction-Maxx’ Your Thriller Into A Better Book


My First Book Deal
How Developing a Writing Community, Attending a Conference & Working on Craft Skills Helped Me Get My First Book Deal

The Exceptional Value of the Author Newsletter
Showing up in a reader’s inbox is more valuable than hundreds of thousands of social media followers.

Your Inner Critic Cannot Coexist With Your Creator In The Same Moment
Every writer needs an inner critic eventually


How Far Do You Go in the Name of Research?
They tell you to write what you know. I’ve always taken issue with this advice.

Get Your Thriller Published in Three Easy Steps
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Outrageously Nonlinear Journey


A Neighbor’s Guide to Murder
Why Every Thriller I Write Has a Completely Different Process

Is it Actually Fun Being a Crime Writer?
On how many occasions do you actually get to feel great as an author?