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Kick Starting My Fifth Novel
I have published four books. My first two were done the traditional way – paper and ink. Neither showed up on the New York Times bestseller list, but I have no real complaints. Bookreporter.com called...
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A Beginning and An Ending
This week Thomas & Mercer, the mystery and thriller imprint of Amazon Publishing, is bringing out a re-edited version of my thriller A Fine and Dangerous Season. My heart is pounding against my...
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A Fine and Dangerous Season -- The Movie
Well, it’s not hard to get us writers spinning off into the realm of unreality – spending time in Fantasy Land is what we do for a living. It's been a week since Thomas & Mercer published A...
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Bookstores Boycotting?
In the weekends just after my first book came out in 2006, you could find me at a local Barnes & Noble or Borders or independent bookstore doing a signing. How things have changed. Borders has gone...
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Good Review, Bad Review, Does It Really Matter?
The rubescent glow that Lynn Farris's review of Drop By Drop on Examiner.com left on my cheeks has scarcely begun to fade:"I found Drop by Drop... to be an exciting political thriller as well as a...
View ArticleNovember 22
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. Each year since 1963, when November 22 slithers across the calendar, I remember that day...
View ArticleBlack Friday
I cannot resist being caught up in the post-Thanksgiving shopping mania. Here's my deal. Purchase the ebook original Drop By Drop: A Thriller for $3.99 and I will send an e-copy of Smasher: A Silicon...
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If I Got To Cast Drop By Drop, The Movie....
Out of the blue, a pair of award-winning screenwriters optioned my second book, Smasher, back in 2010. Reading the actual script last fall, I could just imagine the characters up on the silver screen...
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Writing Thrillers That Are Not Too Heavy to Lift
How many words in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged? 561,996. Wow. I heard Penelope Lively, one of my favorite authors, talk about book length; she noted that a disproportionate number of her favorite novels...
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Five Fine and Dangerous Novels
My experience, probably not that different from other authors, is that the following three questions come up in just about every appearance I make.Question 1: Where do you get your ideas?Question 2:...
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Kick Starting My Fifth Novel
I have published four books. My first two were done the traditional way – paper and ink. Neither showed up on the New York Times bestseller list, but I have no real complaints. Bookreporter.com called...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Beginning and An Ending
This week Thomas & Mercer, the mystery and thriller imprint of Amazon Publishing, is bringing out a re-edited version of my thriller A Fine and Dangerous Season. My heart is pounding against my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Fine and Dangerous Season -- The Movie
Well, it’s not hard to get us writers spinning off into the realm of unreality – spending time in Fantasy Land is what we do for a living. It's been a week since Thomas & Mercer published A...
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Bookstores Boycotting?
In the weekends just after my first book came out in 2006, you could find me at a local Barnes & Noble or Borders or independent bookstore doing a signing. How things have changed. Borders has gone...
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