The Taylor Stevens Show

In this week’s episode, Taylor shares her strategy for using blocks to simplify the process of writing complex scenes and chapters.  She also explains why she uses blocks and how they help her to press on with her writing without allowing the complexit...

In this week’s episode, Taylor explains publishing sell-through and how it relates to authors by using hypothetical examples. Near the end, we also get into audio as a method of distribution and if there are specific plans for Liars’ Paradox in audio.

This week’s show comes from a listener question regarding the timing in which libraries get books from publishers, and whether or not publishers might delay sales to libraries to increase sales of new releases.

In this week’s show, we discuss the importance of your author platform, with some specific advice on getting the most from an author platform without adding too much stress to your life. We also mention the advice and books by Steve’s friend Chris Syme...

We open this weeks episode with Taylor’s thoughts on her time at ThrillerFest, then respond to a couple of interesting listener questions on finding the right editor for your situation and book.  Thanks to Chris for sending in the great questions!

In this week’s episode, Steve expresses a concern that the antagonist in his book is not bad enough and asks Taylor’s advice for handling the situation.  We also discuss Taylor’s upcoming trips to Thrillerfest (New York) and Bouchercon (Tampa).

In this episode, Taylor responds to a listener question on narrative distance.  The author wants to shift from wide to narrow and back again throughout a story and wants Taylor’s thoughts on how best to accomplish the changes.

In this episode, Taylor and Steve consider a listener question about releasing an “audio only” version of a book, then get into the growth of audiobooks, the changing nature of books, and Steve’s new podcast, Earcrush.

In this week’s episode, Taylor shares a problem she had last week while writing a chapter of her new book and the quick online research she did that allowed her to finish the scene.  Because of the way Taylor provides readers with description through c...

In this week’s episode, Taylor replies to listener questions, the first of which was a request for advice on pumping up a weak character that neither the author nor early readers liked. The second question addresses the issue of dialogue as the opening...