by toby | Mar 14, 2013 | The Writing Life
Stolen in Paradise cover reveal will knock your heels off! Stolen in Paradise, A Lei Crime Companion Novel, is on track for an April release. The pieces are coming together, starting with the cover! So, I had this idea for a different sort of “feel” to...
by toby | Feb 1, 2013 | The Writing Life
Broken Ferns, latest in the Lei Crime Series, is here and live on Amazon. The print book will be available in a month or so. Ah, the launch of a new book. Nothing quite beats that brand of butterflies. Creating four books in a little over a year have forged my book...
by toby | Dec 22, 2012 | The Writing Life
Photographing ferns for a book cover is tricky. My professional photographer husband Mike Neal and I have been trying to get a good shot for my newest mystery, Broken Ferns, for over a month. The problem? Ferns. With several hundred types to choose from, they still...
by toby | Oct 5, 2012 | The Writing Life
Black Jasmine is here! My most dangerous and risky novel yet, Black Jasmine is set on my home island of Maui. Here's the blurb: The island of Maui is turquoise ocean, stunning vistas, and whalesong—but organized crime has a hidden hold, and Detective Lei Texeira...
by toby | Sep 10, 2012 | The Writing Life
Ten signs you’re a successful author: You have to hire a bookkeeper to comb through the accounts and figure out how you got money and where from. (Once it gets to be several thousand dollars, it gets worrisome.) Because of the above situation, you leave a secure job...