A new crop of Lei Crime Kindle World books are coming your way through June, culminating in a big Facebook party on June 27. Treachery Makes it Tense is Julie C. Gilbert’s fifth Lei Crime novella, and the fourth in her Shadow Council series featuring FBI Special Agent Marcella Scott. A taste: She took his phone to read […]
That’s right: I’m about to launch a new book. Dead Man Lying is a new Hawaiian Storm mystery. I know many of you liked FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm from Torn Roots and Palm Trees & Snowflakes. You’ll be happy to know she returns in Dead Man Lying. Here’s a peak at Chapter 1. Vanessa […]
The new Sydney Rye Kindle World launches on Thursday, March 17. As an extended St. Paddy’s Day present from me to you, valued readers, Written Words presents excerpts from each of the seven novellas in the project. Today’s installment is from Nemesis, which brings Sydney and Blue into a very dark setting. Origin Story What’s in […]
Chapter 1: A simple assignment Provence, France, May 2010 MacCallum had promised this would be a simple assignment. “Just follow this logistics guy and find out whether he’s misusing his employer’s — our client’s — resources. They think he’s smuggling. Find out what.” It had sounded reasonable, even easy. But now, with the sweet scent […]
The second Hawaiian Storm mystery featuring Vanessa Storm from Torn Roots hit the Amazon virtual shelves in time for Christmas 2018 and for downloading to those new Kindles you might find under the tree. This is a true Christmas story, with mystery, action and even romance for Vanessa. Here’s an excerpt from the opening. Vanessa drew […]
How important is writing style? And just what is it, anyway — what makes up an author’s style? Can an author truly be unique? This week, Written Words has invited Charity Parkerson, author of paranormal romance and erotica, to tell us her thoughts on writer’s style. Read what she has to say, and then check […]
Today, Written Words presents two very different writers who answer the same questions about what they like and dislike about being an author. Raine Thomas writes young adult and new adult romance and science fiction. Stephen Woodfin writes action thrillers and political thrillers. While they have some understandable differences in perspective, the similarities may surprise […]