by toby | Jul 26, 2013 | The Writing Life
Unsound photo shoot and cover reveal: my next book is coming soon, and it's going to be a doozy! Here's the blurb: Only a volcano can cure some things. Dr. Caprice Wilson, police psychologist, has spent her life unraveling the mysteries of the human mind—only to find...
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 | Jul 14, 2013 | The Writing Life
Where do you get your ideas? People ask me this a lot. Seven books into my series (two not yet released) it’s actually become a little challenging to come up with new and original crime scenarios. I’ve included a lot of crimes in the Lei Crime Series ™, from the...
by toby | Jun 27, 2013 | The Writing Life
Cover photo for Twisted Vine by Toby Neal Yes, I've had to change the title of the 5th Lei book to Twisted Vine, dropping the “s”. When I chose the title over a year ago, there weren't any books out called that, but now there are several. I considered...
by toby | Jun 25, 2013 | The Writing Life
Why Writing What You Don’t Know is Better I confess: I’m technologically challenged. I like technology, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t LOVE it like my children and husband do. I still remember the year 1990 because that was when my husband got his first computer,...
by toby | May 29, 2013 | Life, The Writing Life
Off the deck and into the wild: when the desert storms. Tuesday 5/28/13 When the desert storms Morning dawned gloriously but settled into overcast as Mike and I took off from Moab to find Canyonlands. We’d been under the impression both parks were close, but only...