Book launch

Launch day: The Door on the Right

A sample from the latest book edited by The Written Word By Elyse Salpeter The weather outside had officially turned. Without any sort of preamble, the sunny sky that had been their constant companion for the past seven glorious days had darkened, thundered sounded and a crazy-colored strobe lightning storm began to streak across the […]

Author Ivan Baidak

Author, IT specialist and peripatetic This is a very special post: a conversation with Ivan Baidak, author of Invisible and five other books. Invisible has recently been published in English by Canadian publisher Guernica Editions of Hamilton, Ontario. I met Ivan five years ago on a trip to California for a writer’s conference in Russian […]

Gateway by David C. Cassidy

The latest editing project of The Written Word has hit the retailers: Gateway, the latest release by the master of horror, David C. Cassidy. This is the second David C. Cassidy work edited by The Written Word, following The Dark, published in 2014. “A perfectly creepy story that will keep you up at night … […]

Amnesia by D.G. Torrens

Amnesia, by bestseller D.G. Torrens Amnesia, a romantic suspense novel by the acclaimed, bestselling author D.G. Torrens, is now out! This is the latest editing project, edited by Scott Bury, to be published. What’s it about? Cassie is suffering from trauma-induced amnesia. Weekly visits to her psychologist are proving challenging until fragments from the night […]

The Children of the Seventh Son cover

That’s right! It’s nearly here! The second book in the Dark Age trilogy is finally ready for the real world. After four years of serious work on the manuscript, and eight years after publishing Book 1, The Bones of the Earth, I have finally released it to the world. My thanks to all who gave […]

It's written! The new Dark Age novel

This is an announcement I once thought I would make three years ago. Then, two years ago. Then last year. But better late than never, right? So here it is: I have finished the first draft of the second novel in the projected Dark Age trilogy. I typed FIN at the conclusion of the final […]

Palm Trees & Snowflakes cover

The second Hawaiian Storm is now available Today’s the day! Palm Trees and Snowflakes, the second Hawaiian Storm mystery featuring FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm, is now available as an e-book on Amazon. If you act fast, you can still get it at 99 cents from Amazon.com. It’s already at its regular price, $2.99, on other […]