Time is running out forthis giveaway. Only 90 entries so far. You still have good chances at two autographed books. Click the picture for your chance at two books.

The big news is that my giveaway for two autographed paperbacks is live now.The lucky winner gets two books! I may throw in a third book for second place.Today, I read to my wife and daughter an article entitled "How to Know If a Woman Likes You." Ap...

It's a brand new year! I've got projects in my head and they all want to speak at once. Maybe you can help me decide which to do first. I've got the bugmaggedon story, a near future dystopian which features ferocious dog-to-horse-sized insects as a c...

Before I get to the usual erudite discussion and intriguing links, let me set the phasers to stunning with this cover of my newest book.The cover picture represents a scene from the early chapters.Crisis in Fire and Snow is available in ebook and pap...

This is a little out of the ordinary, I know, but what are your thoughts on the Book of Revelation?I'll get to my motivation for the question shortly--and the next paragraph in our collaborative story is at the end of the newsletter, after the links...

Who's your favorite villain in fiction?I think I've narrowed my favorites to Richard III from Shakespeare's play of the same name, and Milady de Winter from Dumas' Three Musketeers.Oh, timeout from the villain subject to let you know I've finished wr...

I warned you that I would send you this -- here it is:Click here to check it out on Amazon.As you might've guessed, I'm included in the "And More..." I'm shocked, shocked I say, to discover that they don't think my name alone is a big draw for reader...

Resent with the corrected link to Smoking Hot Mysteries below.I'll get to the title and theme of this newsletter and the reason for the picture above in a bit. First this:Last week someone referred to me as a "word jockey." An image immediately appea...

I'll get to the title and theme of this newsletter and the reason for the picture above in a bit. First this:Last week someone referred to me as a "word jockey." An image immediately appeared in my mind of a helmeted, silk-clad rider with feet in the...

The title of the email comes from an excerpt from Book 6, the current WIP, which can be found farther down.The book is coming along nicely as the closing chapters draw near. The threads are climbing to exciting crescendos for this segment of the adve...