John A. Heldt

The questions from readers usually begin with why. Why so many characters in your books? Why so many points of view? Why so many settings an...

Artists, it is said, are only as good as their tools. With good ones, they can soar. With bad ones, they can't leave the ground. Write...

For years, I've had a fascination with the 1920s. I don't know if it began when I read The Great Gatsby , watched people dance the C...

When it comes to selecting settings, I am a creature of habit. I usually pick the time and place of a novel weeks, if not months, in advance...

Even now, I can rattle off the names like days of the week: Wallace. Galveston. Princeton. Evansville. Gulf Shores. Chattanooga. Flagstaff. ...

According to an old proverb, too many cooks spoil the broth. While that may be true with some things, I have not found it to be true when ar...

I have been in this position before. When writing Mercer Street in 2015, I had to contend with the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs, you may recall...

Since joining the ranks of the sheltered in place, I have noticed the little things. Clean air. Quiet streets. Fewer planes in the sky. The ...

Let me say first, I feel fortunate. Unlike many who are struggling in these desperate times, my wife and I have the resources to weather the...

For someone obsessed with time travel, I took my time getting around to the gold standard of the genre. I didn't read Outlander , publis...