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Walking Out of War, the third book in the true story trilogy about the wartime experiences of a Canadian in the Soviet army, launches on Febraury 22—a little more than a week from now. You can pre-order it for a special price, exclusively on Amazon, and it will download to your Kindle account automatically. In […]

Walking Out of War cover

The long-awaited final volume in the trilogy recounting the wartime experiences of my father-in-law launches in e-book form on Wednesday,  February 22. You can pre-order it now from Amazon at a special discounted price. Walking Out of War follows up on Army of Worn Soles (2014) and Under the Nazi Heel (2016). What’s it about? […]

How you can win four mystery novels

But first, the third book in the trilogy looms Walking Out of War, the third volume in the trilogy that began with Army of Worn Soles in 2014 and followed with Under the Nazi Heel in 2016. Regular readers of this blog will know that I had promised to publish Volume 3 by the end of […]

Secrets in an old wallet

I have been stuck for quite a long time in the writing of the third installment of the trilogy based on my father-in-law’s life, Walking Out of War. Until I pulled a little slip of paper out of a tattered, old wallet and broke the logjam by putting the subject of my story, Maurice Bury, […]

Paradise Down: The #LeiCrimeKW blog tour

A new crop of Lei Crime Kindle World books are coming your way through June, culminating in a big Facebook party on June 27. Paradise Down is D.B. McNicol’s first Lei Crime novella. By D.B. McNicol “What a great day. Thanks for being a such great guide, Jared. Diving Hawaii was even better than we expected. We will […]

Limited time offer: Army of Worn Soles is Free

You may notice something new on the top of the right-hand column. That’s right—for a limited time, you can get a free Kindle-format copy of Army of Worn Soles just for subscribing to my newsletter, Forewords. Army of Worn Soles is Book 1 in the Walking Out of War series, and the predecessor to Under […]

Sydney Rye Kindle World Week: Rough Road by Toby Neal

Day 4 of Sydney Rye Kindle World Week The new Sydney Rye Kindle World launches today—Thursday, March 17. As an extended St. Paddy’s Day present from me to you, valued readers, Written Words presents excerpts from each of the seven novellas in the project. Today’s installment is from the author who introduced me to the Kindle Worlds concept, the […]