I've had some emails from folks asking for links to my recent posts on writing and marketing a first novel. Glad to oblige:
First Novels and Micro-Runs, Part 1
First Novels and Micro-Runs, Part 2
Putting Your First Novel To Work
The Magic Bullet
If you found those articles useful and would like to check out some other writing tips, try these older posts:
Young Writers, Young Publishers
A Town Without Pity
The Roller Coaster's Heartbeat
Early Influences: Frank Frazetta, Creepy, and the Cover Story
And, yeah. I really should learn to use the tags feature on this blog. Now that American Frankenstein has been around (almost) a year, that'd help sort things out. Or, as Rod Serling might have said: "Doesn't hurt to have a signpost up ahead when you're sending pilgrims into The Twilight Zone, buddy."