​David Darracott

A few days ago, a student asked about agents.  Every writer knows this question is coming, but most are uncomfortable answering it, afraid they might step on someone’s toes, or say the wrong thing, or worst of all, get asked for a referral .  The student wants to avoid...

James Patterson's novels appear in just about every drugstore, grocery store, airport, Walmart, news stand, discount house, chain store, and book store in America, along with most every other retail outlet you can name that sells printed books. Just like a single soft...

I just turned off the tube after watching Roxana Robinson on Bloomberg voicing her thoughts on the current battle between Hachette and Amazon.  Her comments made it clear she is clueless about the concerns of the 99% of real writers toiling out here in the hinterlan...

Lest you think I'm a New York hater, understand I love the city itself, but not its business practices.  At one time Manhattan's centralized, rule-the-world state of mind suited the publishing industry well.  But no longer.  Digital evolution and smart writers are r...

In the ongoing noisy tussle between Hachette and Amazon, the New York publishing community (including some clueless writers) has managed to seize the bully pulpit.  They frame this whole thing in the New York Times and USA Today and other giant conglomerate owned new...

Some friends ask why I chose to write a novel that includes such a distasteful topic as torture.  It is so ugly and controversial, most people would rather avoid the subject altogether.  Further, Internal Security depicts the reality of the act, not some harmle...

Publishing industry sympathizers are New York centrists at heart, and like many of that city, they believe they reside and thrive at the center of the universe. How can someone from the mud puddle netherlands of America understand their industry better than they under...