By Tosca Lee I get asked a lot what my daily routine looks like. Do I write every day—a certain amount of time or words a day? I have friends who do, who are very disciplined (and probably more prolific) than me. My answer is: some days I write all day. Some days, depending, I don’t write at all....
By Tosca Lee In addition to writing, I serve as VP of Awards for International Thriller Writers’ annual Thriller Awards. One big part of my job is recruiting avid readers, fans, and other authors of the thriller/suspense/mystery/crime genre to help judge our annual awards. We seek judges in six...
By Lisa Black Thrillerfest, the annual conference of the International Thriller Writers, held special significance this year both for attendees and the Rogues! The International Thriller Writers was founded by Rogue Gayle Lynds and Rambo author David Morrell. At this years conference, held June...
By Tosca Lee Me, always ready to hit the road! In this instance, on my way from Croatia to Bratislava while researching The Progeny and Firstborn. One of the best places I go for inspiration is… elsewhere. Back when I was working as a consultant and traveling the globe to meet with clients, I...
By Tosca Lee I joke sometimes that according to the adage that “writers write every day” that I am not a writer. One of the reasons social media is special to me—I mean aside from its profound helpfulness when it comes to procrastination—is that it has brought me closer to my readers. Not every...
By Tosca Lee I do a lot of events through the year—big conferences, library talks, workshops. But one of my all-time favorite events remains the book club. I attend every book club I’m invited to that I can. For me this usually means within a one hour radius of my house, assuming I’m not in the...
By Tosca Lee I came back from ThrillerFest just a few weeks ago and while I was there to teach at CraftFest, panel, sign books and present awards, let’s be real… I was also there to fangirl. That’s possibly the coolest part of this writing gig, getting to go where the heroes are, get books signed,...
By Tosca Lee There are questions authors get asked all the time: what was your path to publication? Where do you get your ideas? What do you hope readers will take away from this book? (I am curious about all of these things when it comes to other authors, too.) Another regular question: which...
By Tosca Lee Sometimes people ask me what my favorite part of writing is. It’s not first drafts. Pull my fingernails out with pliers, why don’t you. Rewriting and editing is much more fun. That’s where I roll my sleeves up and really get to work. Because now I’ve got that messy lump of clay on the...
By Tosca Lee Last night an author friend of mine sent me a message accompanied by an unspoken (but noted by me) sage nod. “I am never more productive with busywork type tasks than when I’m on deadline for a book!” she said. How’d she know I was “writing?” Because I’d just posted a picture of...
