Indie publishing stands trial for the crime of staggering e-book sales and shameless market share grabbing. So you’ve submitted your crime novel to every publishing house imaginable and sent individual chapters to various mystery magazines. The response to your work has been lackluster at best. Countless authors share this same frustrating experience, regardless of their… Continue Reading Indie Publishing – The Goldman Case Files »
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Real Life Crime Inspires Great Fiction Thrillers
Any self-respecting fan of Law & Order knows that the popular cop show franchise often draws its inspiration from crime stories that are “ripped from the headlines.” And no matter how many disclaimers emphasize that if the characters or plot bear any resemblance to a real-life individual or event it is completely coincidental, we instinctively… Continue Reading Real Life Crime Inspires Great Fiction Thrillers »
Read MoreSo You Want To Write Crime Novels and Thrillers
So you want to write crime novels and thrillers and make a living doing it. My first bit of advice is to put pen to paper while still working your day job. As I’ve mentioned before, I started writing while still practicing law. It all started when one of my partners complained bitterly to me… Continue Reading So You Want To Write Crime Novels and Thrillers »
Read MoreFrom Love Story to Crime Thriller – A Matter of Perspective
As an author of crime thriller books, I see my relationship with my audience as critical. So occasionally, I like to share some of my personal anecdotes—from what I hear, readers actually enjoy reading this sort of thing. On this last Valentine’s Day, I felt uncharacteristically sentimental, so I wrote a short tribute in my… Continue Reading From Love Story to Crime Thriller – A Matter of Perspective »
Read MoreSuspense, Spouses & Ghosts
A while back in this blog I wrote that there aren’t any new stories just new ways of telling old stories. A new TV series and a new crime thriller are the latest examples proving that I was right. The FX series, The Americans and Roger Haber’s debut novel, The Ghostman are new versions of… Continue Reading Suspense, Spouses & Ghosts »
Read MoreWhen It Snows It Pours
Here in the heartland, we’ve been in the grips of a drought for months. Mother Nature, she of the bizarre sense of humor, finally noticed and, like all good mothers, tried to set things right by gracing us with back-to-back blizzards. Last Wednesday, we got a foot of snow in four hours, a depth that… Continue Reading When It Snows It Pours »
Read MoreValentine’s Day Stories
Valentine’s Day is here and I thought it would be fun to share stories about how we met the loves of our lives. My wife and I met on March 5, 1979 at a singles’ event. All throughout the day I had a growing feeling that I had to go the program that evening, though… Continue Reading Valentine’s Day Stories »
Read MoreChoosing the title for my next book
Choosing a title for one of my books is a fifty-fifty proposition. About half the time, choosing a book title comes to me at the outset. It feels natural; a good fit and helps focus me on the story. When I see the title in print or repeat it to someone else, I say, yeah, that’s… Continue Reading Choosing the title for my next book »
Read MoreLook What I Found In My Garage
There’s an old saying that real life is more interesting than anything we can make up. I don’t know whether that’s true, and I hope that it isn’t because if it were, I’d have to switch from writing mysteries to writing non-fiction and I’m not ready for the tell-all memoir. That said, there are some… Continue Reading Look What I Found In My Garage »
Read MoreGetting Down to Business
I’ve always thought of going Indie as starting my own business. Since I’d never done that before, I followed one of my basic rules of life – know what I don’t know and then find it out. So, I researched self-publishing, worked with a consultant who taught me the ropes about Google Adwords and Amazon… Continue Reading Getting Down to Business »
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Crisp writing, great characters. Doesn't go where you think it will go. A good read.
Great book! Lot's of fun and funny. Plus, very interesting insights into improv and how to apply rules of improv to the work place. Highly recommended.
A knockout! If you like action, humor and horror, you won't stop with this first installment in this new series. You'll get the rest of them the minute they are released.
One of the best books I've read in a long time. History that reads like the most exciting thriller. Great insights into the expansion of the United States into the West and the crushing cultural conflict that decimated Native American tr...
Just getting started with Michael Connelly's latest - vintage Connelly; captures you from the first page.
