Promise. This is not going to be a blog about my latest thriller. Today, I’m more interested in how you decide to purchase a book or borrow it from the library.
Do you decide after reading a review in the mainstream media? Or because the novel is by one of your very favorite authors? Or because the book is a featured deal on Bookbub? Or because you’re looking for a certain type of book in a genre you enjoy?
I’ve been thinking about this ever since Ben Fox emailed me back in August. Ben emailed out of the blue to tell me he is the founder of a new website, shepherd.com, which he hopes “will eventually rival Goodreads.” Continue reading “Are You Looking For A Really Good Book? Here’s A Novel Way To Find It”
I’m talking about YOU, the must-see TV series, now on Netflix, and YOU the novel by Caroline Kepnes on which it’s based. Pick one. Better still, pick both.
If you are working on — or worse, thinking about starting work on — a spec screenplay, stop right now. 
There comes a point for many authors — published or aspiring — when you pause to wonder why you ever got the (insane) idea to write a novel in the first place? It may take a while to reach that point. 
Twice this week I was flummoxed, maybe even a little miffed, by things I heard about the craft of writing (specifically screenwriting) and journalism (specifically investigative journalism.) In the latter case, I received an email from Brad at MasterClass and this is what it said: “Bob Woodward Teaches Investigative Journalism.” In the email trailer, Woodward promises to teach students how to research, gather information, interview people, and how to find the story and build the story. Wow!