Categories
Uncategorized

Got Gamma?

Readers are LOVING The Gamma Sequence, and the sequel Rogue Elements is now available for beta readers! Check out these recent reviews: Medical Thriller Plus! October 17, 2019 I thought this would be a run of the mill medical story..well,it was riveting! I could picture this story like an action movie! Couldn’t put it down […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Live And Let Die

Here’s an interesting note. In the movie Live And Let Die, there is a boat chase scene. It’s maybe one of my favorite action sequences from any James Bond movie. (Live and Let Die has an awesome theme song, too – Paul McCartney at his best.) At 1:27:21, Bond gets into the boat to get […]

Categories
Uncategorized

The Gamma Sequence = Better than Jeffrey Deaver

“Hi Dan – My opinion that Jeffery Deaver is the best gotcha author in the business has changed. It’s you. I was shocked right down to the last page. “I’m putting the final touches on my Double Blind review and will send it along when posted (and it will also go on Amazon and Goodreads).” […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Interview With Author Dan Alatorre (by Author Heather Kindt)

This insightful interview by Heather Kindt is one of my faves. You can read a little here, but be sure to click over and read the rest at her blog. Lots of good tips, and I really enjoyed her interview style. Proud she referred to me as one of her mentors! Best-selling author, Dan Alatorre […]

Categories
Uncategorized

It’s Beta Reader time!

  For those of you who have been awaiting the sequel to The Gamma Sequence, IT IS HERE! ROGUE ELEMENTS The Gamma Sequence Book 2 is available NOW for Beta Readers! That means YOU can read and enjoy this amazing sequel before anyone else. Well, before most people; you’d be getting it at the same […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Great Stories Have Great Subplots and Great Sidebars

We have addressed hundreds of writing related topics here on the blog; use the search button to find the ones you need. SIDEBARS (also known Side Roads, or as, wait, what just happened?) If your reader trusts you – and you usually start out with the benefit of the doubt – you can do a […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Interview with horror author Roberta Eaton Cheadle

Originally posted on Writing to be Read:
Today my guest is an author who I’ve gotten to know well, because she is a member of the Writing to be Read team, where she writes a monthly blog segment on children’s literature that’s proven to be very popular, “Growing Bookworms”. By day she walks in the…

Categories
Uncategorized

The Gamma Sequence 2: ROGUE ELEMENTS – Is Complete (And It Is BRILLIANT!)

Rogue Elements, the sequel to The Gamma Sequence, was started on approximately August 18, 2019, or a few days before, as a standalone sequel to The Gamma Sequence. I had already kicked around some ideas but I thought having DeShear dying as he tried to solve another case was a good idea. THE BLURB: After […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Takeaways From R. L. Stine’s MasterClass

Originally posted on A. K. Snyder:
I’ve completed about a third of the lessons in R. L. Stine’s MasterClass and I’m loving it. Here are a few of my take-always so far. Writing doesn’t have to be hard and stop listening to the people who say it does. Spend the difficult hours on the outline…

Categories
Uncategorized

53k – and counting

On about August 18th, I started writing Rogue Elements, the sequel to my very well-received novel, The Gamma Sequence. Now, about six weeks later, Rogue Elements is about 53,000 words long, and THE END IS NEAR! I got DeShear into some trouble this time! My plan is to have The Gamma Sequence, Book 2: Rogue […]