How do you start a book?  That seems to be the most common question I get asked once it becomes known I’m a writer. And it also happens th...

If the question is are queries and synopses bane, benefit, or both, my answer is yes. All the things. I have a decidedly love/hate relations...

  This week we’re talking about a common bane to all authors…writing queries and synopsis.  The topic actually asks if these are a bane, be...

Queries & Synopses: Boon, Bane, Both? Both. Mostly boon, though, because-- as Jeffe mentioned on Sunday --both types of summaries force ...

Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is "Queries & Synopses: Bane, Benefit, or Both?" Besides all of us immediately screechi...

The thing I like most about my work-in-progress is that you know nothing about it. It's not that I don't like you or trust you [I ...