Cut-Throat Syndrome – Let Slip the Dogs of War
The Spoils of War – In Editing Hell for the past several weeks, I’m roughly three-quarters of the way through the first full edit, constantly reminding myself it WILL [...]
Cut-Throat Syndrome – An Excerpt
In the Works – Cut-Throat Syndrome, the fourth book in the Lance Underphal Mystery series, turns international thriller. Since its conception, its cross-genre premise morphed into a very different [...]
Drone Takes Down ChinaAir Flight 5026
ChinaAir Flight 5026 - Cflow darts across the intersection, squinty eyes scanning for anything unusual or out of place, his scrawny arms awkwardly laden with a large cardboard [...]
Lance Underphal Mystery Books: Research Notes
Making It Real – In one of my early forays into manuscript submission I happened upon an article by bestselling author, L. Ron Hubbard entitled Search for Research. Hubbard [...]
The Next Excerpt From Grey Daze
Peering Into the Chasm – The third book in the Lance Underphal mystery series, Grey Daze, is another hardcore paranormal mystery novel. While still a murder mystery, it’s a [...]
Breakin’ for a Few FAQs
Blog Hop, You Say? – At the risk of severely dating myself here, the last time I did a “hop” it was a sock hop. Anyway... A new author [...]
Grey Daze, A New Lance Underphal Mystery Novel – An Excerpt
Work In Progress –Grey Daze is the third book in the Lance Underphal mystery series, another hardcore paranormal mystery. Constructing mystery books is a multi-step process, requiring the attention and [...]
wherever i may find her
wherever i may find her - passion fires her eyes - burning brighter than a thousand suns - whimsy twinkles there, too - darting through stars to hide, then [...]
A Writer’s Log – The Preface
A Writer’s Log – The idea is simple enough, yet I’ve struggled with this whole “blog” thing from the very beginning. It just never quite sat right with me. [...]
5 Reasons Why Authors Need Editors
So Obvious It Hurts – I made a tough decision the other day. You see I LOVE to read a good book—nothing is more gratifying than a good story [...]