writing process

Pantser vs. Plotter: Authors Debate the Best Approach to Writing

In another life, I’m a writer who meticulously plans out the entire trajectory of my book before I even touch my fingers to the keyboard. When I sit down to work, I refer to the chapter outline I created, which maps out every beat of the story. So straightforward! So…

Victoria SchadeNovember 1, 2024

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ITW Spotlight: Four 60-Year-Old Female Assassins Must Kill or Be Killed

New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn had her feet firmly planted in the past when her editor called with a challenge she couldn’t pass up: Write a book featuring an older badass woman. Raybourn accepted the challenge and made it even more difficult. She created four badass women, made them assassins, and for the first…

Dawn IusSeptember 13, 2022

Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Digging Up the Past with Lee Child

Iconic anti-hero Jack Reacher has made thriller writer Lee Child an internationally renowned author. In Past Tense (Delacorte Press)—the latest novel in this New York Times bestselling series—a turn in the road takes Child’s avenging loner to his long-deceased father’s hometown, where the ghosts of his past aren’t necessarily dead and buried.…

Josie BrownNovember 5, 2018

Thrillers

A Chat with “The Guilty Dead” Author P.J. Tracy

We chatted with P.J. Tracy, author of the thriller The Guilty Dead, now available to purchase. P.J. Tracy was the pseudonym of mother-daughter writing duo P.J. and Traci Lambrecht, winners of the Anthony, Barry, Gumshoe, and Minnesota Book Awards. Their eight novels, Monkeewrench, Live Bait, Dead Run, Snow Blind, Shoot To Thrill, Off the Grid, The Sixth Idea,…

Meagan FoyOctober 16, 2018

Miscellany

A Novel in 10 Years: One Author’s Journey To Get It Done

“I will write a novel before the next reunion,” I told myself. I just needed an idea. I’d spent decades as a newspaper reporter and doing PR professional writing about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. I should have been brimming with ideas, but nothing had grabbed me. I stole a…

Pam McGaffinJuly 23, 2018

Miscellany

Creating Characters That Readers Love: 3 Tips for Writers

One of the great things about being a writer is that you get to meet so many other writers along the way. From the extremely famous to the highly obscure, the chance to interact and talk about the trade with others who are a part of this business happens for…

Walt GraggOctober 3, 2017

Fiction

“The Winter Riddle:” A Dark Farcical Yuletide Fantasy

As winter time fast approaches, 'tis the perfect excuse season to bury yourself in blankets and curl up with a good book. Just in time for the holidays for fans of Sam Hooker's first book, The Peril in the Old Country, or admirers of Terry Pratchett, The Winter Riddle (Black Spot Books) will captivate…

Rebecca ProulxOctober 31, 2018

Fiction

Video: Anne Rice Talks About How Research Plays a Role in the Writing Process

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anne Rice was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in English and Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. Anne has spent more of her life in California than in…

Beth WaskoOctober 6, 2016

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ITW Spotlight: William Warwick Protects Princess Diana in Jeffrey Archer’s Latest Thriller

London, 1988. Scotland Yard suspects corruption in the Royalty Protection Command, which safeguards the British Royal Family and assigns Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick to unearth the truth. Warwick’s maverick colleague, Ross Hogan, receives an especially sensitive assignment: the protection of Princess Diana. At the same time, rival art collectors…

Dawn IusOctober 6, 2022

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Silas House on His Influences, Religion and Writing Appalachian Literature

BookTrib is proud to share this previously unpublished conversational interview with Silas House. Silas House is the a bestselling and award-winning author of several novels, a handful of plays and one book of creative nonfiction. The following interview was conducted in November of 2013 by Linda Hitchcock, a frequent BookTrib…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 29, 2022