Get ready for an epic disaster tale! I just finished writing a novella featuring my favorite protagonist, the handsome scientist Emerson Crandall. It, of course, includes his clever daughter, Courtney and the adventurous woman he adores (from afar), Maddie. Writing up to 3,000 words a day, I hammered out this disaster-packed story quickly and easily, […]
Procrastinating, er, Plotting
With For Sissy now available for readers, I’m now plotting my next book. I should say “books,” because my next work will be a series — a mystery series. I’m a planner, not a pantser, so I outline. My outlines are never proscriptive, but I do rely on them to get me to the last […]
Cover Struggles of an Indy
After leaning that my video advertisement for For Sissy was too violent for Facebook, I made some quick changes so that the ad showed only the book cover, and not my embellishments of a bloody knife, et al. In hindsight, I could see why FB wouldn’t want to show the implied violence of my original […]
Release Day!
For Sissy is now on sale as an ebook on Kindle, Nook and Kobo reader, and also from Amazon as a paperback. It’s an exciting and nerve wracking day! Click the picture for more information.
Vote for The Crandall Haunting! Reader’s Choice Awards!
This is exciting! The Crandall Haunting is eligible for a Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice Award at the Killer Nashville writers’ conference! The voting is open to anybody and requires no registration of any kind. If you have a few seconds, please click the link below and vote for The Crandall Haunting! It’s in the “Best […]
Readings and Book Signings
I’ll be giving a couple readings and book signings in February. The first is in Oneonta, NY, my hometown, and the second is in Ithaca, NY. I hope to see some of you there! Feb. 4, 2017, 2-4 p.m. Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St, Oneonta, NY 13820. A reading, followed by a signing. Goodie […]
Nice Ad. Could Use Some Toenail Polish.
I decided an ad in the Horror Writers Association newsletter might get some fresh eyeballs on The Crandall Haunting (not literally, unless you happen to have some eyeballs hanging around). So, I pulled out a couple copies of the paperback, piled them up this way and that and took a bunch of photos. From there, […]
Who’s in Your Book?
Friends sometimes ask if anyone they know is in The Crandall Haunting. The answer is no. No actual person I know is in the book, and since many of the characters are pretty creepy, that’s probably a good thing. Of course, innumerable real life observations and experiences have morphed their way between the pages, and […]
A First Draft for Christmas
It’s hard to describe the combination of excitement, hope and nausea I felt this week when I printed the first draft of my second novel. The excitement and hope are self-explanatory. The nausea, well, that comes from knowing that the novel is at the point, right now, where it might be bad, and I won’t […]
That Covers It
A book’s cover is hugely important. It helps establish the book’s identity at a glance, and then becomes the face of a familiar friend as a reader dives in the pages and gets to know its characters and secrets. I went through many looks and feels before striking just the right design with the scary […]
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