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New Release(s)

This month has been all about those edits—and eBook formatting, and paperback formatting, and cover assembly for the paperbacks. But the hard work has paid off, and now, at long last, the Inspector Broekstein trilogy is ready to greet the masses. Book 1, Murders at the Manor, will be available tomorrow; Book 2, Lives on the Line, will be released on June 20; and Book 3, Whispers in the Woods,

Aeroship Extraordinaire

The battle has just begun. To save the future, Anthony Reynolds and Sephora Ashton must change the past by becoming cold-blooded assassins. The interdimensional entities have established a tetrarchy spanning four epochs of Earth, thousands of years apart. Traveling back through time, Anthony and Sephora will have to eliminate each tetrarch hiding inside the skulls of unwitting human hosts in

Novel #20

The Inspector Broekstein Trilogy is complete! I finished drafting the third book today, and it turned out even better than I had hoped, considering I've never written a novel in two months before. Then again, it's only 53K, so cranking out a chapter a day was fairly manageable.I'm working on the blurb now; here's what I've got: Invited to the heart of Maine for a weekend getaway on Lake

April Showers

It's raining today here in West Michigan, which always seems to boost my word count. I'm up to 40K in the third Inspector Broekstein murder mystery, Whispers in the Woods, and on track to wrap up this draft by the end of the month. The first book takes place in a mansion, the second in a soap factory, and this one's deep in the heart of Maine. I'm imagining the area around Camp Fowler as I write

Short & Strange New Release

My last short story collection (for now) brings nineteen darker tales together for the first time. Seventeen of them were included when Shadowland Theatre had its serialized run on Kindle Vella last year, but for the eBook release, I've added a couple stories that originally appeared here on the blog. As with After Thoughts, each of these flash-sized tales (600+ words) was based on a haiku from

After Thoughts: The Audiobook

Amazon       Apple       AudibleAfter Thoughts collects 12 speculative fiction tales you'll never forget, now available in audio and featuring the voice talents of Craig Waletzko:   All That's Left Behind     Entrepreneur of the Year  Better View Desired       Danse Nocturne  Collateral Damage         Supersonic  Collective Bargaining      Favorable Winds  Absolute Magnitude        Kagemusha 

Novel #19

Finished drafting Lives on the Line (Inspector Broekstein, Book 2) a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure exactly how I would write a murder mystery set in a late 1940s Connecticut soap factory, but somehow I managed. The twist at the end surprised me, which is always fun. No matter where I think a story is going, there's always a chance it might veer in an unexpected direction, and as long as it makes

March Madness

Real life has been hectic lately, so I haven't written a whole lot, but I am two chapters into the third Inspector Broekstein mystery, Whispers in the Woods, so that's something. I also finished updating the paperback version of Westward, Tally Ho! and, by all indications, it turned out well. This month's goals: make it a third of the way through the first draft of Whispers in the Woods, continue

How I Publish a Paperback

After seeing how well Uncommoner turned out in print, I've decided to overhaul my entire paper-and-glue backlist and spruce them up a bit. I plan to refer back to this post whenever I'm working on a paperback, so I may update some things as I go along.First up, here are a few sites that really came in handy:> 7 Steps to Format Your Paperback> Paperback Manuscript Templates> Cover Calculator &

February Goals

This month, I'm planning to finish the first draft of my second Inspector Broekstein mystery, Lives on the Line. Murders at the Manor ended up being 53K, and I'd like each book in the trilogy to be about the same length. Right now, I'm at 45K, and things are ramping up toward a wild and crazy finale.Then I'll have to decide whether to draft the third Inspector Broekstein book while his