I’m thrilled to announce that the cover of the third book in the Eastern Front trilogy, Walking Out of War, has won first place in the East Texas Writers Guild 2017 Blue Ribbon Book Cover Contest for Nonfiction/Memoir. The contest drew entries from across the U.S.A., as well as from the U.K, Australia and Canada. A […]
My thanks to the East Texas Writers Guild. This year, I entered two books in their First Chapter awards, one in each category: Published Work and Work in Progress. And this week I learned that both won! Under the Nazi Heel: Book 2 of Walking Out of War, earned Second Place in the Nonfiction/Memoir category. […]
Party time! It’s launch day for my new #LeiCrimeKW mystery, Dead Man Lying, and there’s a huge party on Facebook where you can win some awesome prizes: a signed copy of Toby Neal‘s Bone Hook Lei Crime mystery a signed audiobook of Toby Neal’s Dark Lava Lei Crime mystery Lei Crime Kindle World e-books: Half […]
The sequel to Army of Worn Soles is nearly ready to publish. I have been going through edits and corrections made by the excellent Gary Henry and Joy Lorton, and all I need now is a final cover. So I thought that I would share another preview. Since winter has finally arrived in my part […]
Writing is a job, or a vocation or maybe an addiction that requires you to do a lot of things besides writing. Then there are those of us who seem to find a lot of other things to do (hold on while I straighten that picture on the wall) before we can get around to […]
(Just the first draft) Over the weekend, I finished the sequel to Army of Worn Soles. Looking at the outline a week ago, I realized I had only one chapter left to write to complete the story arc. So that’s what I did: I mapped out and then wrote that last chapter. What a great […]
Ukrainian Christmas Eve Paska and candle. January 6, as everyone knows, is “Ukrainian Christmas Eve.” Actually, it’s Christmas Eve according to the old Julian calendar. So my Ukrainian Christmas present to readers, and to Ukrainians around the world, is an excerpt from my upcoming book, still unnamed, the sequel to Army of Worn Soles. […]