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While we’re on the subject of covers (see yesterday’s post), I thought I would take the opportunity to release the tentative cover for Blueblood, the second in the Marty Singer mystery series. I’ll be posting more about the release of Blueblood very soon, including an excerpt and other goodies. The last draft is with my editor [...]

There are a lot of good book cover sites out there, but I thought I’d throw in my two cents, as I enjoy making my own covers, I’ve received compliments on them, and I have about 15 years of web (not print) design behind me. Why Should You Bother? If you don’t have a lick [...]

Okay, one of you has a LOT of friends. When I last reported on my 4-day FREE sale of A Reason to Live, I was sitting pretty at #23 on the Mystery & Thriller list, just across the aisle from my good buddy Stephen King. Of course, he was on the paid list and I [...]

I’m really excited to be sitting next to Stephen King right now. Not physically, of course (calm down, Brian). Our books are #23 on the paid (him) and free (me) lists, respectively. And while I’d gladly switch A Reason to Live‘s spot with 11/22/63, I am still ready to blow kazoos and hand out party [...]

Get your make-believe wallets out, because my debut crime fiction novel, A Reason to Live, is FREE through Monday, August 6th on Amazon! The sale is partially because of ARTL’s departure from the KDP Select program, but also because the sequel, Blueblood, should be hitting the streets in 2-3 weeks. There wouldn’t be a better [...]

Tip Tuesday has gone a bit high and right, since I wrote just one and then promptly started releasing new titles instead of writing helpful content. But I’d like to make this humble offering as the second installment in the nascent Tip Tuesday series: print book covers. I’m certainly no expert in the business of [...]

I’m excited to announce I’ve just wrapped up a sinister novella project that’s been tickling my brain for years. Inspired by Stephen Dobyns’s masterful Church of Dead Girls, I take a frightening peek–not at the unknown–but the very well known. Do you have neighbors? Did you ever wonder what goes on behind their doors? Then [...]

As many of you already know (if you signed up for the author alert), e-reader maker and e-book distributer Kobo has just finished beta-testing its self-publishing platform, Writing Life and released it upon a suspecting world. As I mentioned in last week’s post, this is an important step for independent authors everywhere because, unlike many other [...]

All of those blog posts about writing craft and the e-publishing industry have finally paid off… Filed under: Travel Tagged: Twitter

I interrupt the second Tip Tuesday to talk about something that will have vastly more impact on your writing career than eliminating adverbs or what back matter to put in your books. Back in early June, eReader company Kobo announced its launch of Writing Life, a platform for independent authors to self-publish their works. I [...]