My Books & Titles

Three Stories + Six Days = Free Fantasy Swag

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A thousand year old sword loses its magic and a kingdom hangs in the balance…

A young prince must make a terrible choice to stop a war…

A band of adventurers faces death and glory a mile below the ground…

Escape this world for a short time with three tales of high fantasy—Sword of Kings, Assassin, and Seven Into the Bleak—all FREE over the next week on Amazon, starting tomorrow, June 21.

To get the word out about my stories and provide some micro-therapy sessions for those in need, I’m holding a cascading sale where each of the three titles is free for two days:

June 21 – 22       Sword of Kings
June 23 – 24       Assassin
June 25 – 26       Seven Into the Bleak

My only request: if you like what you’ve read and I managed to take you away from the cares of this dimension for even a short time, please consider writing a review and sharing the story with one other person.

I’ll even make it easy for you: on the opening day of each sale, I’ll post the links to all of the review sites for that story. Your support is hugely appreciated!

Mark your calendars and happy reading!

Telling Your Tale: A Beginner’s Guide to Novel Writing

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Click to buy on Amazon! Just 99 cents!

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of a side-project of mine, Telling Your Tale: A Beginner’s Guide to Novel Writing, available on this site through Oronjo.com (all formats supported, see below) and Amazon.com for the Kindle.

I was inspired to write my first e-article after reading a great post on fantasy author Lindsay Burocker’s blog. Subsequently, I read e-article guru Kate Harper’s amazing guest blog, bought her $.99 e-article on writing e-articles (how post-modern is that?), and then went for it on the thing I know the best: writing!

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My debut crime fiction novel, A Reason to Live, is live! (+ a special offer)

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Click to buy on Amazon for just $4.99!

I’m incredibly excited to announce that my debut crime fiction novel, A Reason to Live, is out and available both for the Kindle and in print from Createspace and Amazon!

Read the synopsis at the end of this post to learn more about the story. But be sure to check out the special offer for blog subscribers and friends!

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Fantasy short, Seven Into the Bleak, is out

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I’m happy to announce that my third fantasy short story, Seven Into the Bleak, is now available on Amazon.com. If you enjoy your fantasy thoughtful, tense, and meaningful, you’ll enjoy this tale. Just $.99!

Seven is 8,000 words long, or about 30 paperback pages. It includes an Author’s Notes section on the how and why of the story as well as an excerpt from Sword of Kings, one of the other three fantasy shorts I have available.

Synopsis
A band of companions—each with his or her own reasons—delves deep into the heart of the Bleak, the infamous and horrifying cavern world miles beneath their own. But their dreams of a quick journey fade into black when their way home is cut off.

Tavern songs dwell on heroes returning laden with loot, fame, and glory, but rarely do they talk of the fear, and loneliness, and misery of life in the World Under the World. The group of seven is hard-pressed to simply survive—both from struggles within and without–and there will be no song to sing of the companions if they succumb to the horrors of The Bleak.

Many thanks to blog-follower Woelf, who beta-read Seven and provided several great comments and suggestions for improving the piece. If you do happen to pick up a copy, please drop by and let me know what you thought of it!

A Novel’s Journey: A Reason to Live

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Almost four years ago, an idea for a crime fiction series wriggled its way into my subconscious. Although I’ve always enjoyed reading Parker, Child, and Crais, I was hankering to write about someone who wasn’t always right, wasn’t indestructible, and had flaws and problems that weren’t of his own making…but had to be solved anyway.

The protagonist I started noodling with became retired Washington DC homicide detective Marty Singer and his first novel, A Reason to Live, is so close to done I can taste it. Final edits are done and only the formatting and launch remain.

I thought this might be a good time to recount where it all started.

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