2017

Cover reveal: Two new books coming over the next three weeks

I’ve told you about Echoes, my new Lei Crime Kindle World mystery featuring FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm. This full-length novel appears on May 12, and I think it’s my best mystery, yet. But two weeks before then, one week from today, on Thursday, April 27, a new Sydney Rye Kindle World adventure launches, too: […]

Cover reveal: Echoes, a new #LeiCrimeKW mystery

May 12 is launch day for a new crop of thrillers and mysteries in the Lei Crime Kindle World. And I have a book that will be part of it: Echoes. Since that’s one month from today, it’s time for a cover reveal. Once again, it’s designed by the unequalled David C. Cassidy. What’s Echoes about? In 1999, […]

Independent book review: Smoke Road

Scorch Series Romance Thriller Book 3 By Toby Neal and Emily Kimelman Luca Luciano is a jerk. The books of the Scorch Road series are gripping, fast-paced page turners that will thrill, scare, arouse and thoroughly entertain you. Smoke Road is the third volume in the new Scorch Road, six-book series being launched at a […]

Breaking news: Donald Trump resigns presidency

Citing weariness with the sham he’s perpetrated over the past two years, Donald Trump has announced he will step down as President of the United States of America. The office will pass to Vice-President Mike Pence, effective immediately. “I just can’t do it anymore. It’s been an unbearable, overwhelming weight on my shoulders, to maintain […]

“This podcast is guaranteed”

My email inbox is getting crowded with a lot of surefire offers lately. So many people offer online courses to help me learn marketing so I can sell more books. Here are some examples from my inbox. Nick Stephenson’s Your First 10,000 Readers Bryan Cohen Selling for Authors Joanna Penn, the Creative Penn—three courses, including […]

Writing tips: What is style?

I’ve been thinking a lot about writing style lately. Actually, I’ve thought a lot about it for a long time — as long as I’ve been writing, which is most of my life. I find that my response to a book or to a writer, no matter what the subject is, depends a lot on […]

Do you remember songs that made you think, “This tells a story that would make a great book or movie”? There are a few from my youth that made me think that. Songs with great music and lyrics that evoke a story that echoes in my mind for decades. So I finally did something about […]