Michael Garrett is no stranger to this blog, and I’m glad. He was Stephen King’s first editor/publisher and holds decades of experience in the field. He recently reached out because he has an article out that is good information for all of us. What? It’s about online searches. As in, don’t trust them. Michael gives…
Writers are entertainers who perform on pages rather than stage or screen I originally started this article by stating that I’ve been a published author for over forty years. I’ve been a writer, however, my whole life—there were just times when I didn’t write. It’s easy to get caught up in the artistic side of…
My Christian suspense novel, Captive, has a story of its own to tell. In the late 1980s I completed my first secular novel, Keeper, and submitted it to one of the top literary agents of the day. My high hopes were squashed when I received a scathing response: This doesn’t work at any level. It…
My recently released new Christian suspense novel, Over the Edge, came about as quite a surprise to me. Its precursor, Innocence Denied, received rave critical praise but never seemed to catch on in terms of sales. I had no intention to follow it up since it was such a dud, but fellow writers will agree…
Miss Part One? You can catch up HERE. LET’S PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND SELL SOME BOOKS! The biggest challenge to today’s Christian fiction authors is not getting published, but is selling published books. WHAT HAS SURPRISED YOU ABOUT MARKETING YOUR OWN BOOKS? Well, when my first novel was traditionally published over thirty years ago,…