by toby | Dec 11, 2014 | Life, The Writing Life
Island Fire – Toby’s First YA Novel, is here in time for Christmas! Suitable for ages 10-100! Raves from Advance Readers: “Island Fire is another fantastic page turner from Toby Neal. It sucked me in until the very end and I feel like I know each of the...
by toby | Dec 2, 2014 | Life
How have smartphones changed us? I was an initial resister to the smartphone, having vague “mental health” concerns about intrusiveness, getting overly attached to my device, not being present in the moment, and being tracked by government agencies just because they...
by toby | Nov 17, 2014 | The Writing Life
Writing is like surfing. Okay, a little drier and more sedentary, but still there are many elements that line up, and to give credit where it’s due, I have to link back to Joanna Penn whose blog today was Why The Writing Journey is just like Skiing and provided...
by toby | Nov 12, 2014 | The Writing Life
Thrilled to introduce a Hawaii girl born and raised, voice actress Sara Malia Hatfield reading the Lei Crime Series audiobook (s)! (LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN AN AUDIOBOOK OF BLOOD ORCHIDS!) – Contest Closed The journey to bring my books to...
by toby | Oct 30, 2014 | The Writing Life
I received this question from a young (high school) fan/writer: “I was just wondering do you ever think about symbolism, metaphor, theme, and allegory when writing your novels? Because I have 3 friends that are writers and none of us really think things like that...