It’s hard to be funny. It’s even harder to be funny and brief. Twitter makes you be brief, and sometimes people are funny unintentionally there, but it takes a craftperson to be funny and brief on Twitter (on purpose). Especially if they are not a professional comedian. The following tweet makes me laugh for several […]
Dan, I have just finished reading your novel, DOUBLE BLIND. I loved it. I loved the camaraderie and chemistry between Carly and Sergio. I also enjoyed the unique bond between Tyree and Big Brass. I loved their trash talk. You are so good with dry wit. All of the dialog was natural and fit the […]
Can you go into BookBub and recommend Death and Damages to your BookBub friends for me, please? (See that green box on my BB profile that says “recommend”?) On your BookBub profile, there is a tab for recommendations. Click that. You can then type in a book title and give it a rating and/or […]
This blog has long been a friendly place to come and learn, and what better way to learn than to ask? You have questions. Writer stuff, marketing, motivation, you name it. ASK ME Your questions. Your challenges. Your issues. If I don’t know, we’ll put it out to my vast network of author friends and […]
This year’s horror anthology – as opposed to scary anthology – is a mere 12 days away. You can’t preorder. You can’t buy it in bookstores. But in 12 short days it’ll be available everywhere. And tomorrow I’ll let you know how you can get a copy before anyone else.
Insights into the writerly process by me and a bunch of other smart people. Read, learn, see whose methods make sense to you, and emulate. LOTS of good ideas here!
From time to time on the blog, we’ll ask a friend to step up and share some insights into the writing process. Heather Kindt, winner of the July 2018 Word Weaver Writing Contest, was recently signed by Parliament House Press, a publisher here in Florida. Part of the process of getting signed was writing a […]
Gang, you are gonna LOVE The Intern by Jenifer Ruff. Jenifer is a friend of the blog, and she is part of our horror anthology, a celebrity judge in our writing contests… but more than that, THIS psychological thriller is her best book yet – and she’s had quite a few good books. Here’s the […]
This blog has long been a friendly place to come and learn, and what better way to learn than to ask? You have questions. Writer stuff, marketing, motivation, you name it. ASK ME Your questions. Your challenges. Your issues. If I don’t know, we’ll put it out to my vast network of author friends and […]
I started sending out beta reader copies of my new murder mystery Double Blind to people… …almost immediately I started getting emails back. Uh-oh, what’s wrong??? NOTHING. “It’s like a Michael Crichton novel!” – LM “I love the way it started – and now I’m already on chapter 9!” – CH “I’m enjoying this very […]
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