Happy New Year! I say that with utmost sincerity but I’m not quite used to the idea. It doesn’t seem possible that, for better or worse, 2015 is gone forever. Didn’t it just start like yesterday? It sure feels that way,...
So here’s something you haven’t heard me say before. I’m ahead of schedule. In my last update, I said I’d like to have my first round of Parlor City Paradise revisions completed by Christmas. It’s the 4th of December and I’m...
I am nearly finished with the first draft of Parlor City Paradise, my second novel. Once initial revisions are done and the manuscript is in the reliable hands of my beta readers, I can begin to turn my attention to my...
As incredible as it may seem, we’re in mid August already and summer is nearly at an end. For me, the past couple months have been relaxing, rewarding, but also a tad frustrating because the Parlor City Paradise manuscript is still...
It’s been over a month since I posted anything new to my blog and probably high time I remedy that. Thankfully, I’ve got some good news to pass along. I just got back from vacation. No, that’s not the news I’m...
A Shot at Redemption, my debut thriller novel, was released in early January of last year. Since then, I’ve published roughly 75 blog posts totaling something in the neighborhood of 80,000 words. You can about double that if you factor...
When I first started blogging many months ago, I discussed the importance of social media to the independent author. I listen to a lot of writing-based podcasts, read other people’s blogs, and even talked to some authors who were much further...
For starters, I’d like to apologize for the fact that I’ve been rather quiet of late. I failed to post a new Turn the Page book REVIEW last week and it’s been even longer since I posted anything else. For the...
With the exceptions of self publishing my first novel and doing one book signing last summer at the Oswego Speedway, I haven’t done a heck of a lot that’s really made me feel like an author. That’s about to change in...
A few months ago, I published a breif excerpt from Parlor City Paradise, a suspense novel I’ve been working hard to complete. I’m certainly nearing the home stretch but still have a little ways to go. The first excerpt I posted...