by toby | Nov 10, 2015 | The Writing Life
Bone Hook is here, at long last, and it's a doozy! Maui’s ocean is beautiful, wild… and deadly. It’s been five years since the events of Rip Tides, and Sergeant Lei Texeira gets into hot water much deeper than she’s used to at a crime scene ninety feet down off of the...
by toby | Oct 16, 2015 | The Writing Life
How to edit quality pulp speed writing begins with a question: is it even possible to have quality “pulp speed writing” as Dean Wesley Smith so eloquently dubbed it? My previous post was picked up by the writing news aggregator blog, The Passive Voice (if...
by toby | Oct 14, 2015 | Creativity, The Writing Life
How to write at least four novels a year is a simple matter of math. People don’t like that answer, and I don’t really either. I want it to be something mystical, magical, something inspired by muses wearing dragonfly wings and wielding lightning bolts of...
by toby | Sep 7, 2015 | Hawaii, Local, Photography, The Writing Life
A few months ago, I went into our favorite art gallery, Native Intelligence in Wailuku, looking for something to shoot for our next cover. I found a bone hook infused with mana and story. Hooks, in bone, shell, and wood, are a fairly ordinary tourist item here on...
by toby | Aug 26, 2015 | The Writing Life
Why would a mystery writer who’s already successful decide to switch genres? I’m so excited and pleased to get these luscious take-me-away stories out to you, but it’s been a bit of a journey. First of all, the question I keep getting: Why would a mystery writer who’s...
by toby | Aug 19, 2015 | Conservation, Hawaii, The Writing Life
There’s just something magnetic about Bone Hook, Lei Crime #10, the book I’m currently writing. Reef conservation and fish poaching research is bringing me in contact with some of the most interesting people on Maui. My time-tested method for developing a story is to...