For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

Six Seconds is a great read. Echoing Ludlum and Forsythe, author Mofina has penned a big, solid international thriller that grabs your gut -- and your heart -- in the opening scenes and never lets go.

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block