May and June have not been kind to me. I was planning to write a post on how the past twelve months have been so productive: six titles published! And another one well on the way to being finished before then end of the calendar year. But these last few weeks have been brutal — […]
It’s Victoria Day in Canada, a national holiday. As comedy troupe The Irrelevant Show said, it’s “Canadians’ favourite holiday devoted to Victorian oppression and yard work.” For those readers in warmer climes, the Victoria Day long weekend is traditionally the time to plant your garden. It’s the earliest time in the year in most of […]
A Sydney Rye Kindle World book featuring Van and LeBrun. The Sydney Rye Kindle World launches March 17 with 12 crackling tales from 7 bestselling authors—including my latest Van and LeBrun novella, The Wife Line. What are Kindle Worlds? Kindle Worlds is an Amazon initiative that allows authors to publish stories set in another author’s fictional universe. The […]
It’s book launch day for the follow-up to Army of Worn Soles: Under the Nazi Heel tells the true story of Maurice Bury, the Canadian drafted into the Soviet Red Army in 1941, as he joins the struggle for Ukrainian independence. The book has a terrific cover designed by David C. Cassidy and was edited […]
I’ve been re-reading Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe novels in a probably vain attempt to capture the mood and inspiration to write my own crime fiction, and when I compare Chandler’s prose to 21st-century mystery, thriller and crime fiction, it seems that Chandler’s challenge was less than today’s writers’—or at least, very different. The Big Sleep […]
For Valentine’s Day this year, BestSelling Reads is giving away 9 romance novels — for FREE. That’s right: you can download a file with 9 great romances. All you have to do is subscribe to their email newsletter. And you can unsubscribe again at any time. It’s perfect for Valentine’s Day, or to give to your Valentine. Here’s […]
Finding the funds to cover editing, design and production of a book is a challenge every independent author must work out. This week, the award-winning Roger Eschbacher describes his solution. This post originally appeared on the old Scott’s Written Words blog. As just about any “indie” author will admit one of the biggest knocks against our […]