What's Happening

I uploaded all of my stories to Barnes and Noble. They should be available in a couple of days. I used to have them available on Nook through Smashwords. But I noticed that if I made any changes to the cover, text, or price it took quite a while for it to be re-uploaded. I opted out of distribution on Smashwords, and went directly to B&N simply because I wanted more control over my content.

I have three short stories I'd like to finish before the end of the year. Not sure if I'll get them done, though. Other areas of my life are taking priority over my book stuff.

Everyone says I need to sign up for Facebook. It's kind of hard for me to do that, though. I'm a people-person. The meet, greet, and seat type. I prefer to talk with someone face-to-face, not on a screen. I've also been advised I should become more active on Twitter. Why? It's like being the only one in a chat room. Until someone responds. And some of the people responding are more than a bit strange.

Since I live on the road, talking with people face-to-face isn't as easy as it sounds. Or I should say, talking with potential readers isn't that easy. Many of the travelers I meet don't have eReaders. For those of you who don't know, my home is an RV. I'm traveling across America, exploring the country one state at a time.

By the end of December, I hope to have a better handle on my writing career. I'm no longer a member of any major organizations such as Mystery Writers of America, so advice, support, and even camaraderie are out of reach.

I joined Goodreads, but I'm still trying to find my way around in there. The setup is a bit confusing. I'm hoping to connect with the readers and other writers in there. Sometimes, the writing world can be a lonely place.

Serial Quiller

My psychological thriller novel has a new look.

In SERIAL QUILLER, a crime writer embarks on a killing spree to help sustain her best-seller status.

Synopsis:
Moved by the success of her debut novel, twenty-six-year-old BJ Donovan of New Orleans, Louisiana, can't handle the thoughts of being a one-hit wonder and never feeling special ever again. Using her position as the executive chef and owner of a popular restaurant in the French Quarter to blend in with the community, she embarks on a killing spree, with the aid of voodoo magic, and uses details of the murders to help sustain her best-seller status with a planned thriller series. While the body count rises—from her brother's girlfriend, found mutilated at an abandoned farmhouse, to an undercover cop murdered in a dark alley on the riverside—BJ tries to remain above suspicion as she continues to write the wrongs in her world.

Serial Quiller, she'll put a spell on you.

Taking Time Off

The Plot Thickens

November Coffee Break

I wanted to have eleven titles for sale by the eleventh day of this eleventh month. I'd already written the first draft of four short stories. In order to reach my goal, I planned to set aside the mystery novel I was working on and finish the shorts. I finished one of them. GAR. Made it available. Afterward, I couldn't get interested in the other three stories because I couldn't stop thinking about the novel, KILLING SUMMER.

KILLING SUMMER was inspired by a true crime. In 2004 I was in the city where the crime took place. I decided to write about it, my first attempt at nonfiction. While researching the facts I learned some of the family members lived in the area. I learned I might have to intrude on their privacy and ask permission to write the story. I set it aside. Six or seven months later, I changed all of the pertinent details, and rewrote the story as a work of fiction.

I'm finishing those three short stories. In January, I'm trying something completely different.

Thank You. For Everything.

Killing Summer Now Available

My mystery novel, KILLING SUMMER, is now available.

Blackmailed for murder, unable to prove his innocence, a man involves a rural sheriff in his plan for revenge.

Synopsis:
On a hot night in July a teenaged girl named Summer is murdered. She'll be found one month later by two roofers, her lifeless eyes staring at the moldy interior of a rundown tool shed. The men responsible for her being there are two unlikely partners in crime, each with something to prove. One is the cowardly son of a decorated police officer. The other is a bully with a violent history.

High on drugs and alcohol, neither knows who dealt the deathblow. Fearing a confrontation, one of them agrees to pay the other for his vow of silence. But as time goes by, a hard life takes its toll on him. In order to put an end to the blackmail he'd have to take a risk. A risk that could easily backfire. Driven by hate and anger, he writes an anonymous letter to the sheriff recounting that killing summer.

Ten years, two trials and numerous secrets ensue after both men are arrested and charged with kidnapping, rape, and murder.
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Featuring Sheriff Josh Wolfe of the Hellfire Trilogy
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