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The Revolving Bookcase

In writer life, the drawing room is your public face, conferences and festivals and socials, oh my.

February 13, 2026

The Ghost in the Machine Has No Instincts

By Eric Van Lustbader I’ve spent half a century writing about field agents—men and women who operate in that shadow

February 13, 2026

Social Media and Me

Social media has been one of the most consistent driving forces behind my success.

January 23, 2026

The Road Warriors

Every writer dreams of touring.
I know I did.

January 22, 2026

The Road Not Taken

Decisions in Publishing that We Agonize Over Right Before Falling Asleep

December 15, 2025

Crossing Genres: Three Authors on Risk, Reinvention, and Creative Freedom

What happens when writers leave their literary comfort zones?

November 24, 2025

Seven Pieces of Advice for the Aspiring Career Author

How do I transition from the excitement of being a debut to a long-term career as a writer?

November 24, 2025

Inspired By An Unhinged Moment: What’s Yours Is Mine

Nothing stirs up raw, unfiltered emotions quite like youth sports.

October 16, 2025

Story Behind the Story: The Girl in Cell A

Why do we Brits keep writing America?

October 15, 2025

The Airplane That Tried to Kill Me (and other adventures in writing)

I really started writing fiction when a C-5 Galaxy decided to give me a bad day.

October 14, 2025

Rom-Com Mysteries to YA Thrillers: A Pipe Dream?

Could I create characters from three generations that readers would relate to?

October 10, 2025

I Do…Or I Did It?

The honeymoon’s over in these books about marital disharmony…

October 9, 2025

Dark Waters, Darker Secrets:
5 Thrillers That Make a Splash

There’s something in the water in these dark, damp, and dangerous mysteries!

October 8, 2025

The Divorce Party by M.M. Deluca

Celebrating freedom in Sin City with an Alimontini

October 7, 2025

From VHS to Final Girl: Miranda Smith’s Smile for the Cameras

There’s only so much peacekeeping you can do when the past shows up wielding a weapon.

October 1, 2025

Vengeance by the Numbers in Riley Sager’s Latest Thriller

Riley Sager takes hold of a very real element of human nature to make his most recent locked-room mystery quite

September 30, 2025

The Detective As Mutual Aid

Mutual aid is a term we’ve been hearing a lot lately, as needs grow and services diminish.

September 29, 2025

Use Your Words!

What’s harder than writing a script? Writing everything else.

September 24, 2025

Foster Care, False Identities, and the Power of Story

The hardest parts of our story often become the ones that resonate the most.

September 23, 2025

Africa Scene: Leo

Focus on the story. Make it captivating. And let other people worry about its place on the ever-extending genre family

September 22, 2025

Story Behind the Story:
One Last Swing

Before I know it, I’m in NYC, and I’m meeting other authors who are there to do the same thing

September 19, 2025

Behind the Covers: Bad Decisions Make Better Stories

Bad decisions. They’re needed to get our protagonists from the beginning to the end of each story, and the more

September 16, 2025

Changing Lanes

Blending genres using supernatural elements, Part 2

September 15, 2025

What Makes a Reader Buy Your Book?

It’s all part of being a writer: selling your book to readers.

September 11, 2025

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