Steve Berry on writing

It's my birthday today - no "you're old" jokes, unless you want to be bombarded with "yo momma" jokes. I've had a great start to the day, having received a box of chocolates and a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue label Scotch from my wife. I even managed to get a little writing done over breakfast.

A few weeks ago I posted a video from James Rollins on writing. This follows on from a post many months back that featured a video by James with Steve Berry talking about writing. So it only feels fair to present a video by Steve Berry talking about writing. Enjoy!

James Rollins: Where do you get your ideas from?

James has a bunch of videos on Youtube. So if you haven't had the chance to see him in person you can check out his Q&A videos.

The second video is James' reason he started writing story and the ventriloquist doll story. The later story is hilarious.

Barry Eisler on Publishing

Barry Eisler is an interesting fellow, but this blog post is mainly for my writer friends.

I can't claim to have read any of Barry's books yet - although I have bought two which are waiting on my Kindle to-be-read list - but he does have some interesting things to say about publishing and writing. These videos are from a Q&A session he did in Boston. Enjoy.


Barry Eisler, Publish It Forward Lecture Part 1 from Grub Street on Vimeo.


Barry Eisler, Publish It Forward Part 2 (Q&A) from Grub Street on Vimeo.


Barry Eisler, Publish It Forward Part 3 (Q&A) from Grub Street on Vimeo.