John A. Heldt

It is a question every writer faces at some point: Should I dazzle or communicate? Or, put another way, should I try to craft the perfect se...

As I have written at least a few times, I don't watch much television. Aside from news, sports, and an occasional movie, I simply don...

I needed seven weeks and enough keystrokes to fulfill two NaNoWriMos, but I got it done. Hours before the vernal equinox, an occasional time...

Experts advising authors rarely stray from the message. If you want to sell books in a highly competitive marketplace, they say, you have to...

Writers are notoriously quirky creatures. James Joyce, I recently read, liked to write while lying on his stomach. Lewis Carroll preferred ...

Like a lot of people, I am a fan of trivia. I find it difficult to skip a book, article, or web site filled with interesting, if otherwise u...

I remember the morning of my twelfth birthday like it happened yesterday. After delivering the Seattle Times between four thirty and six, w...

I admit that December is not my most productive month. Like a lot of people, I typically set aside nonessential tasks and save them for Janu...

As I pondered possible titles for this book, the third in the Carson Chronicles series, I occasionally considered something flippant and di...

Since February 2012, when I released The Mine , my first novel, I have put the cart before the horse. While many authors, traditionally publ...