I have updated Dark Clouds, Part 1: The Mandrake Ruse, complete with a new cover. I’m excited about it. I have to thank Quebec graphic designer Daniel Dufour for invaluable advice on typography and colours. The original cover wasn’t bad. I took the photograph in Venice, and while it’s a good image of dark clouds, when […]
I did it! I wrote a 10,000-word mystery story for the Lei Crime Kindle World in four days at the beginning of December. Since then, I’ve re-written it, shaved it down by 1,000 words, gotten it reviewed, changed it again, got it edited and got a fantastic cover image by the matchless David C. Cassidy. […]
Kathy Lynn Hall on writing style Reprised from the previous Written Words blog on Google. Kathy Lynn Hall was one of the first independent authors I encountered through social media. Even though I am not in the target audience, I enjoyed her first novel, Red Mojo Mama, the story of a woman who takes control […]
Remembrance Day 2015
A new Lei Crime Kindle World novella by Kim Hornsby Strange things had been happening onstage for the last hour and a half, unlike anything she’d ever seen before, not that she went to the theater on a regular basis. But this particular play was bizarre, and Lei had long ago turned off her cop […]
A Lei Crime Kindle World novella by Laurie Hanan It started as a low moan, then rose to a raspy chorus that might have been born of intense pleasure, or pain. “Danged cats,” I said under my breath. “They’re enough to wake the dead.” I rubbed my arms, trying to shake off the chill that […]
Reblogged from Toby Neal’s announcement. TODAY the Lei Crime Kindle World has nine new novellas teeming with great storylines that offer a different perspective on the Lei Crime series. As you know, Kindle Worlds is a fan fiction site where any writer can develop stories within an established World of known characters. The new stories releasing today are: Tough […]