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Review: A Good Car by Julia Proud, A Well-drawn Noir Character Study

Lately I’ve enjoyed sharing in the work of fellow indie authors, and my latest exploration brought me to Julia Proud‘s A Good Car. In this story, we meet Ed Valenti over a card table. There, half-drunk, mostly uninterested with the game and life as he’s living it, he wins an old Model T Ford from […]

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If you’d rather say “Happy Holidays” this Christmas season…

Here we are, nineteen to twenty days before Christmas day, depending on your time zone, and what are we doing? Well, some of us are engaging in that highly productive debate on whether to say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays.” Sure, because we prefer that over running around to finish out our <> shopping; or […]

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7 Questions & Answers about the Our Cyber World series

From time to time folks ask me questions about the Our Cyber World series. Just as often, I wonder whether folks have questions about how I’ve structured this series, among other details. Here’s my effort to address some of these queries. Note that as I provide answers, I will do so with minimal to no […]

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Review of Missing, Assumed Dead, by Marva Dasef

Kameron McBride reluctantly heads out to a far-flung part of Oregon to settle estate affairs for a distant relative. She learns he has been missing for quite some time and is now assumed dead. Hey, that sounds like a great title, doesn’t it? Without the benefit of a death certificate, much less a body, Kameron […]

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Beisbol Libre coming soon

Hope you enjoyed that brief teaser. Beisbol Libre will be the fifth book in the Our Cyber World series. Here’s a quick blurb to wet your appetite. Synopsis Cuban baseball star, Camilo Ornedo was about to defect to the U.S. when his pitching arm gave out. That ended his career in Cuba and extinguished any […]

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This Thanksgiving, how about we—Give Thanks!?

Another Thanksgiving Day looms near, and here I am, once more swirling with thoughts of a family get together, lots of snooze-inducing turkey, and all the things I can get done over the long weekend (no, not shopping, please)! But wait. I’m missing something. Again. OK, OK. I know it well. I should be thankful. […]

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Tracking Jane series, episode 5 cover previews

Sometimes I need a visual cue to get my writing rolling. Last night I drafted the first paragraph of episode 5 of the Tracking Jane series. As part of the overall concept, I went ahead and mocked up two book covers as well. I don’t know that these will be the final versions (they seldom […]

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Would you abandon a strong voice because of bad grammar?

Recently, I took a big chance with the protagonist of my Tracking Jane series. I gave Jane McMurtry a strong, regional voice. Though she has an English degree, part of her character rebels against correctness of many sorts, including the sort imparted to her inside a classroom. And she talks as she wills. That’s part […]

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Beisbol Libre: When the Story won’t write itself

A while back I reported that my stories were writing themselves. I had that experience with Decisive Moment first, and more recently, with the Tracking Jane series. Well, until the last episode took a little pushing. Why? Because not all stories write themselves. In fact, I count my blessings when I have one that does. […]

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Tahoe-1, episode 3 of the Tracking Jane series released

Today the Tracking Jane series continues with Episode 3, Tahoe-1, now released for Kindle. To download it, click on the graphic below to access the Tahoe-1 Kindle page, and pick up your copy today. If you haven’t already, sign up for our mail list to stay abreast of future announcements.

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