Author, Compulsively Readable Thrillers
For all the yet unpublished mystery writers who yearn to be traditionally published, my former publisher POISONED PEN PRESS has just announced a contest for you. Submit your finished manuscript and possibly win a published contract with them! I can attest to the fact that Poisoned Pen is a great place for an author to … Read more
It’s been over a month since the Amazon KDP Select started, and we’re beginning to see the ramifications of the program. And although I’m making good money, I’m scared. For those of you who don’t know, Amazon created the KDP Select program to increase their base of Prime Customers (those who pay no shipping costs … Read more
Speaking about libraries, the following article appeared in today’s Washington Post. Thanks to Angkor at KindleBoards for pointing it out! Today’s Washington Post has an interesting article on the pent-up and growing demand for ebook borrowing at libraries. Big publishing houses are limiting access to ebooks or refusing access altogether to libraries. This is yet … Read more
If you’re a reviewer, we have something you might like. The Top Suspense group, of which I’m a member, along with Max Allan Collins, Bill Crider, Ed Gorman, Lee Goldberg, Vicki Hendricks and more, is publishing our second E-anthology in March. It’s called FAVORITE KILLS and we’re looking for advance reviews by mid to late … Read more
Welcome to my first industry post of 2012. Hope everyone had a lovely holiday. This post is geared to the US market primarily, only because I have little knowledge how overseas libraries work. If you know how it works in the UK or other locations, please join in with your comments. With all of … Read more
NB: Just wanted to let you know that the response yesterday was so overwhelming that I had to take it off free for the rest of today. I’m very sorry for the inconvenience, and I understand if you’re miffed. Still, to all those who downloaded it yesterday (over 16,000 of you.. ) a sincere THANK … Read more
In my quest to write my way around the genre, I have co-written a cozy mystery novella, THE LAST PAGE, which is set in a library. David J Walker, a fine Chicago author, was my partner in crime. Librarians, take note: We kill the library director. I entered the story into the Amazon Select program … Read more
I think I’ll write a much more reasoned blog next week after the holidays, but I’ve been reading a bunch of blogposts on the subject of e-book pricing over the past few days, and they make me want to scream. Here are some of them: The Passive Voice ( A compilation of posts) One Author … Read more
I am amazed and honored to report that TOXICITY was among the books cited by the Chicago Tribune in their list of favorite 2011 Chicago authors’ books! Here’s the link to the article. Some of my other favorite authors were also listed, including Laura Caldwell, Dave Heinzmann, Jamie Freveletti, Marcus Sakey, all of whom are … Read more
I know, I know… ‘Tis the season for anthologies, and I’ve run across several, which I’ve already told you about. But TALES FROM THE BACKLIST is special. (And not just because my story is the first one… ahem…) It includes 19 stories by a group of us who call ourselves the BackList EBooks group. All … Read more