Writing secrets…

[Second post leading up to Tom Pope and my Socratic to-and-fro about writing the thriller. In “The Eightfold Way” I listed eight things a writer should NOT do. Here I take the tack of analyzing what he or she can do.]

Given my sales and/or my number of readers (easy to measure the first, hard the second), any secrets I might reveal about the writing business are probably suspect. Caveat emptor: The word “secrets” implies that there are magical actions you can take to become a successful writer...