Hey hey hey, The Live Drop is live. (imagine?) Mark and I talked about publishing, self-publishing, launches, etc. We covered just about everything you'd need to get started. And Mark put all the links in the show notes because he is pretty darn good like that. It was a fun discussion. As it should be, … Continue reading The Live Drop: At the coalface
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Scroll to the cross-post and click to see the video!Welcome to Los Angeles — where even the sunshine hides secrets.Murder, missing wives, clowns, and one Kiwi PI who never follows the rules.LA-XTRAS — a killer collection of crime stories with all royalties going to wildfire recovery.Grab your copy. Do some good.🔥 #CrimeFiction #CrimeAnthology #MysteryWriters #ThrillerReads … Continue reading Watch this …
This will never do.
Yesterday I got through a bunch of edits and suggestions from Margot Kinberg (my much trusted friend). [Foxtrot Foxtrot Sierra] is all the better for it. One of the changes was allowing Nana her voice. Every now and then there are third POV chapters in this series, usually when I don't want to share too … Continue reading This will never do.
Interrogation File: Amy Lou Jenkins
First up, tell us a bit about yourself. Amy Lou Jenkins’ third-grade teacher told her she would be a writer. Her parents thought that was stupid, so she did too, until one stupid day. That day her job as a registered nurse sucked so badly, she decided to go back to school and applied to Bennington … Continue reading Interrogation File: Amy Lou Jenkins
Interrogation file: Margot Kinberg
First up, tell us a bit about yourself.I’m a crime writer and academic. I’m also a proud wife, mother, and grandmother. Although I live in California, I grew up on the US East Coast, so my books are set there. Favourite genre/s to read or write?Most definitely crime fiction. I’ve been reading in the genre … Continue reading Interrogation file: Margot Kinberg
Author Interrogations 2025
Hello out there,I'm going to run a new season of author interrogations with all new questions from mid-May 2025. (If I get enough hands in the air.)So, if you're an author (don't care what your genre is, you do not have to be a crime writer) and you'd like to take part in the 2025 … Continue reading Author Interrogations 2025
Book trailers
Self-explanatory post heading today. 🙂 As you probably know, I love a book trailer. I love making them. It's the fun part of writing and I won't give it away. You also know how much I despise 'digital marketing' dickheads. I'm not alone in that. Authors do not like being DM'd on every fucking platform … Continue reading Book trailers
Anthology opportunity via Margot Kinberg
2024 is almost done.
I don't think it was an all round bad year. It was an interesting year - just not always in the best way. Pain Management Clinic was wonderful. After it ended a few really hard things happened so I think going back to Pain Management might be good idea. We had a couple of big … Continue reading 2024 is almost done.