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Earlier this week, I talked about the usefulness of the book critique to help refine my writing. I thought I’d show a critique I did on one of crime fiction writer Robert Parker’s best Spenser novels, Looking for Rachel Wallace, a book that has helped me immensely as I try…

Reblogged from matthew iden: Earlier this week, I talked about the usefulness of the book critique to help refine my writing. I thought I’d show a critique I did on one of crime fiction writer Robert Parker’s best Spenser novels, Looking for Rachel Wallace, a book that has helped me immensely as I try to […]

The audiobook of A Reason to Live is a wrap and, to celebrate, I’m giving a free digital copy of the audiobook away. No purchase necessary and, since I’m doing this through Rafflecopter, there are multiple ways to enter to win, like Tweeting about the giveaway, Liking my Facebook page, reviewing one of my books, and […]

The latest Marty Singer book has fought me every step of the way (and little things like flooded basements, vacations, and audiobooks have proven distracting, as well), but I’m nearing completion. To reward all of you for your patience, check out this “rough plus” version of Chapter One of Marty Singer #4, The Spike. p.s. […]

As some of you may know, I am going to be a panelist on e-book publishing at the Virginia Writers Club annual writers symposium, Navigating Your Writing Life. Becky Mushko, author and panelist moderator, asked if I would mind posting both a Q&A of my self-pub experiences and a resource sheet I put together for […]

Long-time readers of this blog might remember a wee bit o’ ire I’ve shown in the past for reviews of the one- and two-star variety, like the guy who gave me two stars for my Three Shorts anthology because it was “too violent, too scary”…even though it has bullets on the front cover and is sold in the Crime […]

In Part I of this mini-series, I talked about my debut foray into audio book creation–with the redoubtable Lloyd Sherr of the History Channel’s Modern Marvels show narrating A Reason to Live. The project is out of our hands and in its final validation phase with audio book producer ACX, who is checking for sound […]

I’ve been doing a lot of in-person sales lately (or rather: I’ve been doing a lot of in-person appearances lately; sales…not so much) and I’ve found an indispensable little gadget that you’ve probably already used, seen, or heard of: Square. Square.com is a company that gives away a tiny widget that slips into the top […]

I’m excited to let you know that I’ve been invited to take part in the next volume of the Walk the Fire shared-world, science fiction anthology, which features Campbell and Hugo award-nominated writers alongside yours truly. The anthology is being supported by a Kickstarter campaign which has just a few days left in its run…and has almost […]

If you read this blog, you probably know I’m in the process of making my first book, A Reason to Live, into an audio book through the Amazon site ACX.com. I’ve gotten several fantastic auditions from voice actors, and am a little stuck on how to proceed. Got ten minutes? Listen to these voice samples from A Reason [...]