Unusual work habits of great writers

John Green has written such celebrated works as The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns, but not without sacrificing copious keyboards along the way. In a Huffington Post Live conversation on Thursday, the young adult novelist revealed his “weirdest”...

Top Writing Tools of Famous Authors

My secret weapon is using a two screen layout for my PC. This allows me to work on the story on one monitor, while researching on the other. If you’re curious as to what writing tools great authors prefer, you may refer to the excellent infographic below, which...

Famous Writers’ Insults

I often say that my favorite thing about my writing journey is how helpful everyone’s been. I’ve met some wonderful people, eager to support and encourage others. That’s not always been the case, though. Indeed, when authors get mean, the results can...

Sex and Dinner: A Valentine’s Day Short Story

“How about sex and dinner?” she asked, her throaty voice sending tingles to play on the fine hairs on his neck. She rubbed one fine, slender foot on her lengthy leg, to stress her point. Her audacity caught his breath. They hardly knew each other, having met only a...

Life Before and After the Internet

As you know, I just came back from holidays and had over 1,000 emails to sort through.  We had booked a nice place by the sea, which advertised free wi fi on all premises.  As you have gathered from this blog post  –and from the impressive amount of emails that piled...

The life of an author as lived by his wife (or husband)

Today was not a good day for writing. I woke up early, as usual, to do some writing, but a myriad of things required my attention, breaking my concentration. Before I knew it, the day had begun and an unprecedented number of clients called up, interrupting me  every...

Let’s Sonnet the heck out of it!

I try to avoid posting every day, but this I had to share as soon as I found out about it. Popsonnet has taken it upon themselves to convert pop songs into Shakespearean sonnets. Here is a small sample, which had me in stitches: O sweet and noble lad, be not...