Kindle decided they like my book, “Scorpion,” enough to promote it. They are going to reduce the price on June 8. “Scorpion” will be available for only $1.99 USD. For you Canadian readers, it will also be only $1.99 Canadian! That’s quite a savings for my northern readers. I’m not sure how long the sale […]
New Website This is my first blog on my new website which I’ve finally gotten around to redesigning. The old one had become outdated and only partially functional–I couldn”t even post a blog. After exploring a couple of low-cost solutions, I bit the bullet, so to speak, and hired a professional designer. He runs a […]
I’ve been thinking about Africa for some time. Not many thriller writers place their stories on that continent. After publishing “The Assassin and the Pianist”, I decided to write a story about Dan Stone in Africa. The trigger for me was a news article talking about how we are pulling advisors and trainers out of […]
Revisions & polishing done I’ve completed my final polishing of The Captive Girl. It’s an enjoyable, if slow process; took eight days. I read the text slowly, savoring each phrase and sentence. I’m looking for inappropriate words; ones that miss what I’m aiming for, or ones that are too bland, or ones that are redundant. An author […]
What a momentous week! And I’m not talking about politics. I completed the first draft of “The Captive Girl” and finished reviewing the audio book for “The Shaman“. My goal was to complete the first draft by end of September. I was a few days late, but not too far off target. I now go into […]
Professional review for “The Shaman” New review: I just got my Kirkus review for “The Shaman” published and they like it! Yeah! Kirkus Reviews is a major source for reviews and is used a great deal by indie authors. They are legitimate book reviewers and have a lot of credibility. You can read the review at Kirkus […]
The Joy and Angst of Starting a New Book Different modes in writing: After completing a book, one goes into “polishing” mode. I enjoy this part of the process as well as the writing. I have the security of knowing the story is complete…done. Now I focus on the editing, the things that make a […]
Ebook published: I kept my deadline and published the ebook version of The Shaman on June 29. Everyone who has done a critical read says it’s a good story; I guess I’m getting better at this craft. You can find it here. Lot’s of help: You don’t put out a novel without a support team. […]
“You don’t fight cancer without paying a cost.” That line came from a movie, a dramatized documentary based on a book about political/business corruption in Brazil. A financial investigative unit of the police investigated some corruption and found it went to the highest levels of government. It got so high that those responsible could not […]
News and updates If you’re on my reader update list you already know this, but last fall I discovered my body was invaded by cancer. There was a tumor at the base of my tongue and cancer cells had leaked into my lymph glands (that’s how I discovered something was wrong—they swelled up). Initially I […]
