by toby | Sep 1, 2013 | The Writing Life
Does writing in different genres turn off readers? As a writer, I’m like any artist learning and mastering a craft and trying to stay fresh and passionate while doing it. This has led to considerable prolific-ness, mostly in what I’m becoming known for—mysteries—but...
by toby | Aug 3, 2013 | The Writing Life
Unsound is literary suspense at ten thousand feet in paradise. “Toby Neal weaves a spell-binding suspense that pulls you in with breathtaking scenery, flawed characters, and brilliantly twisted psychology.” Gae-Lynn Woods, author of the Cass Elliott Crime Series Only...
by toby | Jul 18, 2013 | The Writing Life
Twisted Vine, 5th in the #LeiCrimeSeries, is here! So excited to bring out this fifth in the Lei Crime Series in which Lei Texeira, my impulsive, intrepid heroine, comes full circle on a number of levels. Readers are raving: “If you have been reading the Lei...
by toby | Apr 21, 2013 | The Writing Life
Tips for readers and authors on effective reviews. Reviews are readers’ gifts to authors. In this marketplace of clamor, where even free books glut our email inboxes, how do readers decide what to choose? Word of mouth, and reviews. And reviews are written form of...
by toby | Apr 11, 2013 | The Writing Life
Stolen in Paradise, a Lei Crime Companion novel, will knock your heels off! One betta fish, two dead biologists, three trysts, four suspects and thirty-five pairs of shoes add up to complicated days in paradise for Special Agent Marcella Scott. Marcella gets into sand...