Question: I've always wanted to write a book, but when I go to a bookstore and see all of the books that are already out there, I just wonder how I could ever compete with all of those and give up. How do you get yourself to keep writing? I did a book signing in [...]
Question: Since you've been going out and doing things to promote your books, what has been the most interesting or memorable experience you have had doing that promotion? This one is easy, unfortunately. And, it gives a great example of just how dumb I can be sometimes when my mind is just focused on my [...]
Question: I just finished reading the new book, Disbelief, and I think I found something that just would not happen. I don't really believe <Character A> would have let <Character B> know what was going on like he did. Don't you agree that was a mistake to write that part? First of all, for those [...]
Question: I see that you write children's books, suspense/thriller novels, and have written faith-based books and educational things as well. Are there other genres you would like to write in sometime? Before writing this I took a quick look at my "Big Writing List", the list I keep with all of the ideas I would [...]
Question: If you could have dinner with two authors (dead or alive), who would they be, and what would you hope to learn from them? My knee-jerk response to this question is to always think of James Thurber just because I really enjoy his stories. But, I understand that, personally, he wasn't always the nicest [...]
Question: What kind of research do you do for your books, and how long do you spend researching before beginning a book? I'll start my answer by describing what I'm doing now to get ready for the fourth Emily Graham story. I first got the idea for the next story as I was finishing Disbelief, [...]
Question: What books have had the most influence on you? I always think of four books when I hear this question. Out of all that I've read, these four connected somewhere inside my mind and planted the seeds for every story I've told or written since. The first three were books I stumbled across as [...]
Question: Do you write full-time or part-time? Do you write every day? I hear this question a lot, or others that are asking the same basic thing. It is interesting to me that most of the time this is question I get from other writers, not readers. Sometimes it feels like there is some kind [...]
"Once you have a story rolling... how do you keep going and finish? How do you find a good stopping point, so you don't forget what you are wanting to say, yet can pick up where you left off with good momentum?" One of the best tips I came across somewhere was to stop writing [...]
Anyone have any questions? I decided to set a little challenge for myself and try to write a blog post a day for the next thirty days. Some of the posts will be responses to some of the questions I get about my books and writing in general. So... If you have [...]
