By Scott Eagan During the last several conferences I have attended, I honestly don’t know how many times I have been asked the same question. “How do I feel about authors moving their books to a predominantly digital or self-published model?” What I have found interesting is not the question so much but who was [...]

When I started The McKenna Legacy, I had nine characters in mind – three siblings in each of three families. For some reason, after I wrote the first three, my editor wanted me to try something else. And then they saw how much the readers liked the McKenna stories and asked me to write another. [...]

Interview with Catherine MacDonald from BookRooster.com By Joe Konrath Reviews are important. Customers often look at the average star rating, and the number of reviews a book has, before buying. But getting reviews isn’t easy. For my last several ebook releases, I gave away free copies to fans in exchange for reviews, but this is [...]

For years I’ve known movies and television have informed my writing. How could they not influence me? Movies have given me nuggets that I’ve twisted and turned into fun plot ideas. Documentaries have given me research I couldn’t get any other way. Soap operas have given me internal conflicts for characters that I’ve managed to [...]