by toby | Jul 29, 2015 | The Writing Life
Readers are raving about Nightbird: “Strong characters, exotic locales, a great read!” “Toby Neal has written another crisp, colorful, dynamic and enticing work in Nightbird.” “This short book packs a massive punch!” How did you...
by toby | Jun 22, 2015 | The Writing Life
Having a little time to myself today to reflect, I considered why I'm blogging in some more depth and thought I'd share 6 great reasons I thought of to blog your vacation, and why I'm doing that with ours. Yes, it's extra work. It can be challenging to find internet....
by toby | May 17, 2015 | The Writing Life
It's Passion and Danger launch day! Stolen in Paradise is included in a box set with the “tantalizing ten” authors of Passion and Danger, a collection of crime/suspense/romance novels in settings ranging from NYC to Hawaii and countries beyond! The...
by toby | Apr 24, 2015 | The Writing Life
RIP TIDES: Lei Crime Series #9 Surfing in Hawaii can be fame, talent and… murder. Poised to win the prestigious Triple Crown of Surfing, Maui surf star Makoa Simmons washes up tragically dead. Detective Lei Texeira plunges into a high-profile case whose dark and...
by toby | Mar 23, 2015 | The Writing Life
Cheryl Strayed hiked 1100 miles alone. And she didn’t just do that, she wrote about it in a gut-wrenching, unflattering, brutally-honest memoir called Wild that deeply affected me and influenced the writing in my literary suspense hike novel, Unsound. Some of you know...
by toby | Mar 10, 2015 | The Writing Life
These six ways to sell a ton of books have been the cornerstone of my success with the Lei Crime Series. As the launch date of the Lei Crime Kindle World approaches (April 7) the excitement is increasing—and also the questions. How did I do it? What makes the Lei...