Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Opinions vary, but based on my decade of experience in this business, and some of the hard-knock lessons I’ve learned, here are what I hope will prove to...

Vicki Hinze © 2000-2011 Q. I've had serious problems with two agents. Both agreed to represent me and then did nothing. The first one for six months. The second one for four...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Villains are tricky rascals. As an author your job requires you walk a fine line. You must make your villains credible, logical, believable and...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Several years ago I wrote a fictional biography which had to be chronological, not starting the beginning of each year, but certainly the start of many...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 If ever a writer doubted the power of universal emotions, s/he should have a vivid vision of it now, considering the events of this past week. What the...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Some experts, and most editors, consider a distinct voice a writer’s greatest asset. Voice is not the style a novelist incorporates to depict novel...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Could you define Paranormal? Not only regarding romances but in general. A paranormal novel is simply any novel which contains paranormal elements. That's...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 In the Aids4Writers program, I occasionally get a question that is universal to writers in that, at some time or another, during their writing career,...

Vicki Hinze © 2000-2011 You've been writing novels for years, hoping, praying, and waiting for this very moment. Now that it's here, you're stunned--and it occurs to you that you...

Vicki Hinze © 2000-2011 Q. I read that before looking for an agent a writer should have 5-7 manuscripts ready to sell. Is that right? I've only written two so far and maybe I...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Q. How do I know when a book is finished and ready to be submitted? It’s a common question—for multi-published authors who work on tight deadlines and for...

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 If you thought writing what you feel driven to write would keep you from getting tangled up in what some call the "writer’s curse," odds are you’ve...