When writers stop to sharpen pencils or get up and make coffee to procrastinate, they still stay in their heads with their characters. But when you zip over to read email or check your Facebook page, you get zapped out of the fictive dream. It's brutal on my writing. M. J. Rose brutalcharactercheck share on social
Vera Caspary wrote thrillers - but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered - the psycho thriller. M. J. Rose authorcasparyfemale Change image and share on social
Don't spend more than 10% of your marketing/PR budget on a trailer. Trailers have to be marketed, too. So, far too many authors wind up marketing their trailers instead of their books. M. J. Rose authorbookbudget Change image and share on social
The biggest mistake is to assume that another writer's successful strategy will work for you, too. Publishers' marketers - and even freelance publicists who cost mega bucks - tend to do the same basic things for all books. M. J. Rose assumebasicbig share on social
Don't send out a newsletter just to send out a newsletter. One newsletter a year that is really interesting is more beneficial than 12 that are boring. If you write two or three boring newsletters in a row, your readers will start to think you write boring books. M. J. Rose beneficialbookbore share on social
Paris is an unsolved puzzle. She inspires me in a way that other places don't. And she demands more of me. Just try to write about her without bumping into cliche after cliche. M. J. Rose bumpclichedemand Change image and share on social
Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours. M. J. Rose bookcheckcome Change image and share on social
All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it. M. J. Rose advertisebookdisplay Change image and share on social
In 'Power Play', Finder uses the thriller structure to make pointed observations about gender in the workplace, the corporate caste system, and the true nature of risk in the global business environment. M. J. Rose businesscastecorporate share on social
