Image by Clément Bucco-Lechat. Licenced under Wikimedia Commons Army of Worn Soles, my third book, will launches June 22, the anniversary of the start of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s invasion of the USSR in 1941. Army of Worn Soles is the true story of my father-in-law, Maurice Bury, who was drafted by the Soviet Red Army […]
Like most of the e-reading world, I’m anxious for the release of Alan McDermott’s next Tom Gray novel. I’m thrilled to be able to say that Amazon is releasing Gray Retribution on July 8, just a few weeks from now. For you legions of Tom Gray fans, it features the characters you’ve grown to love […]
A guest reblog from bestselling thriller author Mike Wells I had to make sure my readers had the benefit of Mike Wells’ excellent essay on digital publishing. At present, I only publish my work in digital format—ebooks and audiobooks. Since many of you are also authors or seriously thinking of writing a book, […]
Review of Golgotha Connection by Caleb Pirtle III I don’t like a lot of the thrillers I read. Most of them seem to be emulating another derivative thriller, just trying to ride some bandwagon to market success. Far too many read as if the author were trying to write an episode of his or her […]
Creative Commons Guest post by Samreen Ahsan “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ― Louis L’Amour After I published my first novel, A Silent Prayer, many people around me asked what truly inspired me for writing or more precisely—what made me write? I never knew […]
Don’t you just hate it when you see a typo in work you’ve just published, posted on a website or sent to a client? Creative Commons image: Wikihow Every writer needs to learn how to proofread. As a professional editor for over 30 years, I have a few favourite techniques for effective proofreading. Here are […]
Author Helen Hanson describes her writing as “thrillers for geeks” There’s a certain geek factor in all thrillers. Many thriller authors write loving descriptions of cars, guns, bullets, bombs, or bullets. I have read several descriptions by different authors about how a bullet bounces around inside a skull and precisely what it does to […]