John A. Heldt

Like most writers of fiction, I prefer to see a town before I write about it. There is nothing like walking the streets, smelling the air, a...

I like history. I like it so much that I majored in history in college, read a hundred historical fiction books as an adult, and wrote ten m...

For me, each new novel begins not with a keystroke on my laptop but rather with a book, a web site, or even a movie. It begins with an effor...

When it comes to reading thrillers, I must admit I’m a creature of habit. I am far more likely to read the ninth novel of an author I like t...

As a blogger and an author, I am occasionally invited to participate in activities designed to raise the profiles of bloggers and authors. S...

If there is one thing I’ve learned about readers in the past five years, it’s that they like books in bunches. So for the second time in two...

Like every other writer on the planet, I am often advised to write what I know. For more than five years, I have proudly ignored that advice...

I remember the day like it was yesterday. I clicked a button on a web page in the morning, waited impatiently for several hours, and finally...

The first thing I learned when creating the American Journey series was that writing a series was much different than writing a single nove...

I have never been a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. All too often, they are not realistic. They are things we should file under "...