2023

Come Away From Her novel cover

What do we do at the Written Word? Among other things, edit manuscripts to turn them into great books! Here’s an excerpt of another I edited Written by Samuel W. Gailey Ending the pain should’ve been easy, but it wasn’t. She should’ve driven faster but didn’t. At the last moment, Tess hit the brakes instead […]

cover of Secrets in the Shadows by Lucy Appadoo

A Sunday sample from the latest book edited by the Written Word, and written By Lucy Appadoo “I honestly do not know how to give you this grave news, but I have no other way to say it, Ricardo. Please know that I am here to support you and will find out who did this.” […]

cover of The Ghosts of Sand Island Lighthouse novel

A Sunday Sample from a book edited by the Written Word By Tim D. Smith “I thought it was a ghost story,” Samantha said as she tried to blow out her marshmallow that was burning on the end of a stick. I added another log to the fire. “It is,” I said. “I’ve done research […]

A bonus for free: Beyond Barbossa and the Winter War

History gives some encouragement to Ukraine fighting for its independence a century later Today, my second bonus episode is LIVE on all the podcasting platforms—Apple, Google, etc. And as a special bonus, it’s widely available. This begins a three-part series on the Winter War between the USSR and Finland, from November 1939 to March 1940. […]

Sunday sample: Empires Will Fall

Enjoy this sample of the latest book edited by the Written Word to hit the physical and electronic bookshelves: the fifth Eva Driscoll thriller By Alan McDermott As soon as the words left his mouth, Gray knew they weren’t what Melissa wanted to hear. It was the constant upheaval that weighed on her, the perpetual […]

History on Fire podcast logo

It’s live! In the latest episode of my podcast, Beyond Barbarossa, I’m joined by the man with the most famous Italian accent in the entire podiverse. He’s a writer, a university professor and a martial artist. That’s right, I’m talking about the one and only Daniele Bolelli, host of the History on Fire podcast—one of […]

Sample Sunday: 15 Times a Killer

Love a good mystery? Here’s a sample from a book edited by The Written Word: 15 Times a Killer, the first police procedural set in the U.S., by million-seller Alan McDermott. The FBI received many tip-offs each and every day, and while some were clearly hoaxes, each had to be acted upon. If just one […]