John A. Heldt

John Corey is not the only thing that draws me to the works of Nelson DeMille , but he's the biggest thing. Few characters in contempora...

It's been nearly a year since a reader first suggested that I write a sequel to The Mine . She said, in so many words, that this is a st...

As my daughter Amy made clear to me a year ago, The Mine is a romance novel. The relationship between Joel Smith and Grace Vandenberg is no...

One of the things I most enjoy about the publishing process is picking the cover art. It is the first step in marketing a book and probab...

In keeping with the spirit of the season, I will give away Kindle-friendly copies of The Journey on Christmas Day. The promotion, made poss...

When you are busy marketing your second novel and writing your third, it's easy to forget your first. Fortunately, not everyone has put ...

When I debated when to start writing my third novel, I considered quotes from two great Americans: Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain. Jefferso...

Today I am pleased to announce the release of my second novel in the Northwest Passage time-travel series. The Journey follows a 48-year-ol...

Like a lot of late Baby Boomers, I grew up on Stephen King . I have read many of his books and seen most of the movies made from these books...

One of the things I most enjoy about the often tedious, time-consuming process of promoting my books is taking questions from bloggers, part...

As a consumer of fiction, I'm pretty bread and butter. I like thrillers and historical fiction. I will occasionally read a romance. I ne...

I am grateful to the many bloggers who have taken the time to read and review The Mine and offer the kind of praise and criticism that inde...

It is inevitable that any author produces a bad read now and then, but with Vince Flynn you have to wonder. Flynn's second prequel in t...

One nice thing about living in a scenic state is that you have ready access to abundant photo opportunities. I made the most of one such ...

When asked as an old man to name the favorite among all of his paintings, Pablo Picasso was as clear as he was diplomatic. "The next on...

Today is the first day of the Sizzling Summer Reads  party at The Romance Reviews blog. More than 400 participating authors and publishers,...

Those of us who know firsthand the challenges of getting a novel published owe a big thank you today to Jessica Park. The New Hampshire woma...

Here's a shout-out to my amazing daughter Amy, a contributor to The Mine , who graduated from high school yesterday as one of several va...

One of the nice things about writing fiction is that you can create events to fit a narrative. Need a snowstorm to disrupt a Fourth of July ...

Author and blogger Elise Marion The Mine today in The Romance Writer's Reads. Elise is the author of My Ex-Wife's Wedding , availab...

Do facts matter in fiction? They do in historical fiction and in instances where anachronisms and inconsistencies can be serious distraction...

Does time travel have a moral and ethical component? It does if you are Joel Smith, the protagonist of  The Mine . Read about his challenges...

"Heldt does a good job of weaving historical events into people's lives, and the reader really gets a feel for who Joel is, as well...

"With an irresistible, ironic humor and an obvious appreciation of history — and a few I-didn't-see-that-coming surprises — Heldt h...

Since the release of my novel, The Mine , in February, a few readers have asked about the image on the cover. Is that a real mine? Is it loc...