I don't know what kind of person you are. Maybe you're easy going. Things just roll off your back. Something doesn't go your way...

I taught Language Arts in Anne Arundel County for eight years. My first year, someone handed me Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. ...

You may remember a coupla weeks back I posted a few times about the tremendous opportunity I had to work with another fantasy author in what...

Hey, Tommy Nelson Publishing just sent me the final artwork for the Isle of Swords cover! I'm getting SO stoked! Let me know what you th...

I'll be posting Suspense Technique #4 very soon! But in the meantime, I have a quandary I'd like to run by readers and retailers. I...

The term "cliffhanger" embodies the concept of the 3rd Suspense Technique. It brings to mind visions of a main character (Sylvest...

Tonight's suspense technique is in one aspect related to Mystery. In fact, when you think about it, all suspense techniques begin with a...

Suspense Technique #1 of 7 I begin with a golden oldie, tried-and-true, and probably already familiar to you: MYSTERY This type of hook has ...

Yesterday, I talked about how important it is to build suspense early in your story--the first sentence or paragraph if possible. Here are s...

Suspense is the key to getting published. Agree? Consider that the average editor is inundated with hundreds--maybe thousands--of manuscript...

After a long day--and night of writing--Christopher and I retired to our new favorite haunt, The Banshee. Christopher has the brilliant idea...

So far, Christopher Hopper and I have dined the Banshee thrice, and in a few moments, I think we will visit once more to revel in the live I...

Arrived in Scranton, PA yesterday afternoon. Author Christopher Hopper and I found the most amazing Irish pub just a few blocks from our hot...

I had a Door Within speaking engagement today with an elementary school near Columbia. About a hundred fourth and fifth graders came and sa...

I am SO looking forward to this weekend. I'm loading all my writing gear into the Batmobile and venturing out to Scranton, Pennsylvania ...

You might be thinking of Barbaro the horse. Sad as that is, I'm not mourning about that. See last night, I completed a gigantic set of e...

I know this is going to sound crazy with a capital INSANE , but over the years that I struggled to write and publish The Door Within, I was ...

A Cutting Party is what happens when your book is WAY over word count and the author needs to cut about 40 pages worth. For some reason that...

All three books of The Door Within Trilogy will be released this year in Mass Market Paperback! The Door Within will be first, released in A...

My next book, Isle of Swords, is a high seas pirate adventure due to be released early this summer. Here for the first time online are two s...