Q&A With Novelist Elmore Leonard

Advice from a master at page turners: Keep it simple
By Rick Newman
U.S. News article
Elmore Leonard’s 42nd book is his shortest, by far. And that’s the point. After penning numerous page turners later adapted for the screen, like Three-Ten to Yuma, Rum Punch, Get Shorty, and Be Cool, Leonard gave a speech in which he listed [...]

The Worst Book Proposals

This article from Writer’s Weekly provides portions of actual book proposals as they were written. They are at once funny, but also have you wondering how delusional some people are.
By Angela Hoy
I’m pretty backed up this week so I’m going to share another installment of our popular column, World’s Worst Book Proposals. Yes, these are [...]