Designed to Keep You Out

Before Silence of the Lambs or CSI came to light, Robert W. Walker was already writing popular mysteries about serial killers and forensics. With more than 50 novels to his name, Walker knows the publishing business.

When I spoke with Robert Walker years ago at the Maryland Writers' Conference, he offered this bit of encouragement to new writers: "The publishing industry is designed to keep you out." More about business than art, he explained that the industry is more interested in sure sales than potential new writers. There are tricks to help crack the door, but it can be as difficult as catching a serial killer—something he does often in his writing.

Learn more about Robert W. Walker at his nook on the Harper Collins site.

http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/28139/Robert_W_Walker/index.aspx