By Karna Small Bodman If you are an aspiring writer, you undoubtedly sense that you have a daunting, but exciting journey ahead of you. After all, right now there are 22,920,000 books available on Amazon. So how does a new book get noticed or ever make it to a bestseller list? I recall going...
By Tracy Clark Another conference down! Bouchercon 2024 is in the history books. For us writers, the premier world mystery conference is part class reunion, part fun work. It’s panels and meeting lovely readers; it’s signings and a lot of rush, rounded eventually in a non-permanent sleep, but...
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 Karna Small Bodman Throughout history, there have been many brilliant women who made incredible contributions, and yet a number have only been recognized and celebrated when authors (and film producers) write bestselling books and make movies highlighting their achievements. I have been reading...
I'm Still Smiling By Tracy Clark When I was a kid, I often thought how cool it would be if Topps made author trading cards like they made all those ho-hum baseball ones. I would have loved to have opened a pack of Topps to find a small sheet of chewing gum and a cardboard card with Agatha...
