Okay so here I am starting over – a year older – somewhat poorer and (I hope) much wiser. I had a great book. I knew that for sure. But I needed to market it properly this time around. So here is the game plan: First – it is now only one book. Not […]
Faythe of North Hinkapee is a saga. And it hits the following themes: Historical fiction set in Colonial Times A young woman protagonist who triumphs against adversity Women being the key players – protagonists, ruthless enemies, close friends with deep inter-woman bonds and relationships – and all having travails and triumphs against ruthless men A […]
The next book in the Girl With A Knife series, Defense, will be released on May 23, 2023. I want to be careful what I write here. I don’t want this to be a spoiler; however, I can say that if you liked Assault, you would certainly like Defense, as Faythe continues to get stronger […]
We did a book trailer. It is really good. I have of course watched it a bunch of times and it gives me chills. Hats off to the incredible group that put it together – Circle of Seven Productions https://cosproductions.com/ If you are an author considering a book trailer, I unreservedly recommend COS Productions. Give […]
You probably know by now that I love Ken Follett’s writings more than anything, and I have tried to emulate him in what I have written so far. But I have to wonder about Mr. Zafon as a special inspiration. Unlike Ken Follett – and me, so far – every paragraph of Zafon’s books are […]
As you know, I am a first-time (published) fiction author, and this book took a lot of time – and incredible effort – to raise back up the creative writing skills that smoldered when I was a school-age kid. In my youth, I was really good at making up stories and writing them. My writing […]
As I mentioned in my last post, the characters of Girl With A Knife came alive for me at some point as I was writing the book. When that started happening, the dialogue and interactions among the characters started to flow out of me so fast that I imagined there truly was smoke coming from […]
As I wrote Girl With a Knife something strange happened to me, which is that my characters came truly alive to me. Hopefully this is because I have become a good writer and my characters developed truly dynamic personalities as the book progressed. I guess readers will decide that; however, something that flowed out of […]
I thought my audience was supposed to be a type of person, such as: Women Men Kids Adults Older people Younger people Historical fiction aficionados Yada yada yada But being honest that isn’t it at all. Instead, I have concluded that my audience is people who love to get sucked into page-turning […]
After thinking about it, I am becoming The World’s (Second) Most Interesting Man. I didn’t plan it that way, but that is what seems to be happening. And the more things I start to do, the more it gives rise to still more things. I have so many hobbies and things going on now that […]