2022

Meeting face-to-face again—for the first time

Is the pandemic over? No, but we are learning to deal with it.  Last week, for the first time after two years, I attended events to sell books directly, face-to-face, to readers. And wow, it felt great. There were a lot of masks to be seen, but a lot of maskless people, too. I’m quadruple-vaxxed, […]

It's alive!

Help spread the word about the Kickstarter campaign for Beyond Barbarossa and win prizes The fundraising campaign to support the start-up costs for the upcoming podcast is now live on Kickstarter, and I’m asking for your help to spread the word. Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform, where interested people can contribute money to pay for […]

Travel east with me

I’m launching a podcast on June 22, 2022. And I invite you to join me. Beyond Barbarossa will explore the largest side of the Second World War in Europe, the clash between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It’s a subject that I learned a lot about researching The Eastern Front Trilogy (Army […]

Ghost Star by Roger Eschbacher cover

Enjoy this taste of a book edited by The Written Word and then published in 2018 By Roger Eschbacher Galen rounded the corner and heard the sound of broken glass crunching under his boots. He looked down. A small number of broken bottles of ship’s brew sparkled in the emergency lighting. The brew’s pungent aroma […]

Shadows of the Past cover

The latest Written Word-edited book to come out In the second book of her Women of Strength series, author Lucy Appadoo shifts the action across the Atlantic to Madrid, Spain, bringing with it the two main characters of the first book, In Rio’s Shadows, Blanca Castellano and Carlos Silva. The Woman in this volume is […]

Enter now to win 21 great books featuring smart female detectives

Don’t miss the Authors XP Female Sleuth eBooks + Paperbacks Giveaway, where you could WIN 21 tense mystery novels by exciting authors, including Torn Roots, the first Hawaiian Storm mystery featuring FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm. Enter by Monday, March 28. Read about Torn Roots. eBook & Paperback Sweepstakes! (2) Winners of eBook “Gift Baskets” […]

If you like getting good books, cheap or free, don’t wait

The prices go up on April 1, 2022. It’s no joke! So don’t put it off any more: choose the cheap and free books you’ve been meaning to get.  Why is the sale over? When the COVID-19 pandemic began two years ago, I made my books either free or really cheap, to the lowest price […]