A number of the reviewers of my first novel, The Bones of the Earth, mentioned how much they liked my fight scenes. So for your Sunday pleasure, here’s a sample of the first fight scene, in Chapter 6. In this section, the hero, Javor — the misunderstood, ostracized young man — has followed the trail […]
Image: Creative Commons I have learned a few things in the year since I published my first novel, The Bones of the Earth — even some things about publishing books. I tried to apply them when publishing my second book, One Shade of Red. I’ve known the importance of promotion and advertising any […]
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A.western:link { }A.ctl:lMy second novel, One Shade of Red,launches TOMORROW, April 2, on Amazon, Smashwordsand other e-book retailers. I’m very excited about this. As you can see in the previous posts, I have done much more publicity in advance this time around: I posted excerpts over the past few months on […]
The One Shade of Red Launch Blog Tour One Shade of Red launches on April 2, and 12 great bloggers — all professional, top-notch independent authors — have generously donated their blog space to helping the book’s profile rise. Each day over the next two weeks, you can visit the blog for a […]
My second novel, One Shade of Red, launches April 2. What’s it about? With this novel, I turned Fifty Shades of Grey — currently the fastest-selling book ever — on its head. And then, I added more sex. To give you a little taste, here’s an encounter between the two main characters: Damian, the naive twenty-year-old virgin, and the only […]
Spring is coming to Ottawa — I can tell because the snow is getting dirty and the birds are starting to chirp (“Hey! We’re freezing out here!”) Photo by D. Gordon E. Robertson, licensed under Wikipedia Creative Commons. A change of season always inspires me to take on new projects, and to resolve to complete […]
Creative Commons licence It should be. It should be the easiest thing in the world to write about. But it’s not. Last month in the New Republic magazine, commercially published author Sam Lipsyte wrote about the challenges he faces when confronting a sex scene in a novel: We might have the tendency to quickly cover […]