Sometimes an editor must hold an article.
Writers who submit to the magazine I produce seem to assume I’ll place their article in the next issue.
While that happens sometime, it usually doesn’t ― for two reasons.
I plan each issue well in advance. Rather than take a potluck approach, I look to assemble each issue around a menu.
Recently I received two strong articles I … Continue reading
What do you do when you can’t jot a quick note?
When I’m away from a keyboard, I’m usually close to a pen and paper. But one recent Saturday, I lacked access to either.
I was driving a lonely highway in northern Wyoming as part of a caravan of Model A Fords. Somewhere south of Sundance, an idea appeared for an article that could launch a series for the magazine I produce.
But how could … Continue reading
What do endorsements for your genre say?
At the bottom of the novel’s back cover, four short words offered excellent advice for any author writing in that genre.
This weekend at a thrift store, I’d scored a British edition of Graham Brown’s international thriller The Mayan Conspiracy (subtitled “A deadly secret that could change the world”).
Bestselling thriller writer Steve Berry’s words on the back cover … Continue reading