Category: The writing process

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    Launching Fiddling with Death

    The 3rd Thriller in the Josh Kavanagh Series Fiddling With Death’s official book launch started February 10 and ended the 17th, with the earliest reviews any of my books have had. Usually, it takes a month or more after a book launch for the first review to appear. This time, the first four came out […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    #1: A Josh Kavanagh Thriller Short Story

    SECOND SHOT The Patriot Oath’s Chapter 3 from Rachel’s POVThis is a Reader Magnet  Suki entered the dining room, looking excited for the first time since the assault. “He’s here!” she said, her voice animated. The chatter around the table stopped. Rachel thought, Who got her excited like that? The only empty chairs at the […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    You’ve heard of Writer’s Block, right?

    Knock-on-wood. As an author, I’ve never had writer’s block. Still, I am a reviewer suffering from being a Clogged Critic. Like being stuck on the freeway with so much traffic, you’re not moving. Why did I say, “knock on wood”? Sorry, I digress. My mind is like that, and it takes the discipline the U.S. […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    What does it take to become a child prodigy?

    Often one cannot tear a child prodigy away from activities in their area of giftedness.

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    The Story of Lucy – Beautiful Thing

    The real Grace VanderWall is a Beautiful Thing.

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    An Author Interview with Lloyd Lofthouse at the HBS Author’s Spotlight

    What is Lloyd Lofthouse’s next book about?

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    When the Muse Strikes and A-Cappella Hijacked the Next Novel

    I turned 21 in Vietnam where I’d hold a grenade with the pin pulled to make sure if I fell asleep while on watch, the blast would wake the others.

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    Are you self-published? I am!

    Twenty percent of indie authors earn nothing from their books. What do traditional published authors earn?

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    The 1.6 Ton Concrete Stairway Procrastination Project

    Writing this post about building a concrete stairway and sidewalk gave me an excuse to avoid working on the last chapter in the first novel of The Last Sorcerer series.

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    Promoting the Same Book for Seven Years—info for authors

    To find readers, authors should be promoting their books.