Excerpt from Unleashed for Murder: Chapter 1 Tuesday Settling disputes in the exhibit hall didn’t appear anywhere in my formal job description as Assistant to the Director of the D.C. Market and Commerce Center, but I spent a lot of … Continue reading →
It’s here! The cover for the next book in the Market Center Mysteries series. Unleashed for Murder is book 4 and will be released on November 12, 2025. It should be available for pre-order in the next few days if … Continue reading →
So, I got the email pasted below. I want so badly to be flattered, but I’m reasonably certain it’s an AI-generated scam. It’s not the first; I’ve gotten several similar ones lately, for other books, but this is the best … Continue reading →
Another small publisher is folding. Down and Out Books, which published two Carolina Crimes anthologies that included stories of mine, has announced they are going out of the publishing business. This is the fifth small-press publisher of some of my … Continue reading →
To celebrate the season, the ebook of my Fall- and Halloween-themed story, Guardian of the Grimoire, will be on sale for only $.99 during the month of October. That’s less than half the usual price! Order from Amazon here. Order … Continue reading →
The first draft of Unleashed for Murder, the fourth book in the Market Center Mysteries series, is finished and an initial editing pass completed. Some of the feedback has come in from my beta readers, and it’s mostly positive, with … Continue reading →
Just wrote “The End” on the first draft of Unleashed for Murder, the fourth book in the Market Center Mysteries series. It’s been a long time coming. This book really beat me up! Now some editing, then it goes to … Continue reading →
I’m getting close! After a couple of breaks, for the holidays and then to figure out the wrong turn I made in the plot, I’m finally on course and rolling. I just passed 60,000 words of a projected 70- to … Continue reading →
The creative process is a weird thing. I’ve been wrestling with the current work-in-progress for months now. I finally realized I’d taken a wrong turn and had to throw out the last 10,000 words I’d written (about four chapters). I’ve … Continue reading →
Mostly, they annoy me. When I buy a book, I want the WHOLE book, not a part of it. There are some kinds of cliffhangers I don’t mind. Books where the main plot is resolved but a background story is … Continue reading →