To celebrate the release of LIGHTNING STRIKES, I’m turning the blog over to my cover designer (and awesome writer in her own right), Natania Barron, to talk about how we got the “look” for the Cosa Nostradamus….. ———————— Like many things in life, I came to book cover design sideways. Fine Art, in general, was […]
A Book By Its Cover…. Read More »
Last night, while I was starting to write this blogpost, there was a massive flash of bright white light outside, then, a few second later, a low rumble that cumulated in a mighty BANG that set off car alarms in the lot. I decided to take that as a good sign for the launch of
Lightning Strikes! Read More »
Back in 2004, my very first original novel, Staying Dead, came out from the then-brand-new imprint Luna at Harlequin. I was among the first of their authors – and one of their last. My final book for them came out only a little while before Harlequin — including all of its backlist — was sold
A Good Run, and a New Run, for the Cosa Nostradamus Read More »
A little over one day left to get in on the “Neo-Noir” storybundle! $5 to get the first four stories! Â (including my “Trouble in Double,” which will be ~$3.00 when it goes on sale independently, so basically, you’d be getting that plus three more for $2.00!) And you can give Storybundles as a gift,
One Day Left for the Neo-Noir Storybundle! Read More »
If you missed last month’s new story on Patreon, “Trouble in Fear,” you can still sign on and read it – plus the first Pietr Cholis story, “Trouble in Mind”! Otherwise you’re going to have to wait until the series is complete, and then buy the full set…. (and that may not be for another
One of the interesting joys of the current story-series is that I’m NOT writing a broken or restricted character – I’m writing a character who has gotten his shit together & is taking on a new, out-of-comfort-zone challenge because he chooses to. Because the story doesn’t end when the broken bits of a POV character
Random Monday Writing Thinks Read More »
from September’s Patreon story: “It was about half an hour’s steady walk along a country road, but the air was crisp and dry, and the moon was high enough already that I didn’t feel the lack of streetlights. Or maybe I’d just come a very long way from that New York City boy who
#WiP snippet from the “Trouble” stories Read More »
(or any other time) Kristi Charish and I talk whiskey, wine, what never to do at a convention, and a new kind of Weird West on the Adventures in SF Publishing podcast
For your Monday morning listening pleasure…. (podcast interview) Read More »
After spending a year creating a new world and new characters for SILVER ON THE ROAD, returning to Sylvan investigations, and the world of the Cosa Nostradamus is kind of… interesting, in a shake-up-the-brain way. Because none of you have met Isobel, Matthew or Farron yet. None of you have encountered the boss, or Calls
“Kindness, just then, made her want to break things.” And – a few weeks late – the 1st chapter of WORK OF HUNTERS is happening… :-) (if you didn’t support the Kickstarter, you’re going to have to waaaaaaaaaaaait to read this. But you can still pick up the first two novellas at Book View Cafe / B&N /Kobo/
Better a little late than….well, a lot late? Read More »