SleuthSayers: Once More, With Feeling by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Once More, With Feeling: Though writing has gone well this year, I’ve spent a great deal more time on the editorial side of the desk than in any previous year. Editi...

Criminal Minds: House of Plots by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: House of Plots: When it comes to your writing, what is the most important element to you: plot, theme or something else? by Paul D. Marks Pease, porridg...

Criminal Minds: Writing is a Harsh Mistress by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: Writing is a Harsh Mistress: Does your writing ever interfere with your family life? Do the demands of your fiction ever create friction with those closest to you? by ...

Criminal Minds: Guess I'm Lucky That Way by Frank Zafiro

Criminal Minds: Guess I'm Lucky That Way: Does your writing ever interfere with your family life? Do the demands of your fiction ever create friction with those closest to you? ...

Criminal Minds: Pantsters Anonymous by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: Pantsters Anonymous: Describe your editing/revision process. How do you make that mess of a first draft into a real book? by Paul D. Marks My name is Paul an...

Criminal Minds: There's No Place Like Office by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: There's No Place Like Office: Laptop, desktop, Underwood or pencil. Do you budget based on book sales, or do you just go for it? What’s your dream office look like? by ...

Criminal Minds: Lightning vs. The Lightning Bug by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: Lightning vs. The Lightning Bug: How do you know when you’re finished and it’s time to submit? Do you take a break or start right on the next one? by Paul D. Marks Secon...

Criminal Minds: It Was the Best of Lines, It Was the Worst of Lines by Paul Marks

Criminal Minds: It Was the Best of Lines, It Was the Worst of Line...: Readers often read the opening few lines or page to a book before deciding to buy. What makes an opening sentence stand out above the rest? ...

Criminal Minds: First Lines Matter by Frank Zafiro

Criminal Minds: First Lines Matter: Readers often read the opening few lines or page to a book before deciding to buy. What makes an opening sentence stand out above the rest? ...

Criminal Minds: More Books in Heaven and Earth by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: More Books in Heaven and Earth: Do you read the kind of books that you write or do you tend to read books that are the opposite or different – and why? by Paul D. Marks ...

Criminal Minds: Criminal Minds Think Alike by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: Criminal Minds Think Alike: Do you read different stuff when you're writing from when you're not? Why? by Paul D. Marks Another Two-fer today. I’ll respond ...

Criminal Minds: The Road to Writing Riches – HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa! by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: The Road to Writing Riches – HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!: How often do you step back and take stock of where you are in your writing life and where you want to go? Is this a New Year’s only thing, o...

Criminal Minds: To Prologue or Not to Prologue by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: To Prologue or Not to Prologue: Which writing advice tropes do you follow, and which do you ignore in your books and short stories?  by Paul D. Marks Before I get to th...

Criminal Minds: Character Incognito – Or: Revenge is a Dish Best S...

Criminal Minds: Character Incognito – Or: Revenge is a Dish Best S...: Do family and friends and their lives become fodder for your stories and, if so, do they ever recognize themselves and complain?  by Paul ...

Criminal Minds: Take a Negative and Turn it into a Positive by Paul D, Marks

Criminal Minds: Take a Negative and Turn it into a Positive: What book did you not enjoy, but motivated you in your own writing? by Paul D. Marks I can’t think of a book that I didn’t enjoy that...