The Literary Mercenary

Writers, on the whole, have a reputation for consuming all kinds of strange substances while we're in pursuit of our craft. Hard liquor,...

I've said before on this very blog that if you're writing a novel you should feel free to spread out and sprawl a bit with your stor...

It isn't hard to have good ideas for books. That might sound like a controversial statement (and I'll address the elephant in the ro...

I've talked with a lot of authors over the years, and there is something that I've found to be true. Authors who focus on the task a...

Picture your story as a grand cathedral. There are gleaming tiles, niches filled with statues, and candles that shed light and provide ambia...