by toby | Mar 15, 2014 | The Writing Life
Shattered Palms has: “controlled narrative pace, excellent description, and rare location in a well-developed mystery adding up to a five-star read.” (Gail Baugniet, Sisters in Crime President, Hawaii) It also is all about the love story that began six...
by toby | Mar 5, 2014 | The Writing Life
I’ve wandered hither and yon on this blog, but in future there will be two categories: Life and On Writing. This one spans both, and was inspired by my decision in December to re-do the website, freshen it up and make it more reader-oriented. I also came across this...
by toby | Feb 16, 2014 | The Writing Life
Does anyone know of a book cover contest award? Because I want to submit my latest cover, for Shattered Palms, Lei Crime #6. It's just amazing. Dynamic. Conveys the mood of the book. In every way, my branding of “classy but foreboding, with a tropical...
by toby | Feb 13, 2014 | The Writing Life
Perhaps because of the recent brouhaha in the blogosphere due to my hero Hugh Howey’s continued pioneering, this time in bringing full disclosure numbers via AuthorEarnings.com that paint a very different picture than traditional publishing would have us know,...
by toby | Jan 18, 2014 | The Writing Life
First of all, I’d like to define “pro:” for the purposes of this article, a pro is someone who earns his/her primary income from writing. Holly Robinson and I are pros, with multiple novels and credits of various kinds under our belts, and we’re friends. In our chats...