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Earlier this year I wrote and published my first hard-boiled detective novel.  It stars a drunken detective named Deklan Falls and it is entitled “One Against Many.”  It was a book running through my head for a long time before I put word to page and I am very proud of the effort.  I am [...]

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I made the announcement over at my Facebook page earlier today, but figured it was time to make the announcement here, as well. My first hard-boiled detective/mystery novel One Against Many has been out for Kindle since August. It is still available for Kindle for just 99 cents, by the way, but now, starting next [...]

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My fellow horror author, Ian Woodhead, is giving away two of his horror novels this weekend.  Ian is a great guy and if you want to read about zombies, he is your man.  These two novels are not in that genre, but they are worth the read. Ian also happens to be a great guy. [...]

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My boss (yes, I have a day job – the author stuff alone does not pay the bills) has a book out and available for Kindle. It is a travel log of her adventures in Kenya last year. I helped edit the blog posts that have now become the book. I then helped with some [...]

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There is a fascinating article up at KOBO’S BLOG that says the company will soon have a way for you to buy and download ebooks via local independent bookstores. I love this idea.  The Google eBookstore has done something similar, but getting a book up on that platform is like trying to launch astronauts into [...]

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I have been a fan of detective novels for years.  I love them.  I love hard-boiled detective novels.  I love film noir like The Maltese Falcon.  I have read all of the works of Dashiell Hammett and I am a huge fan of Michael Harvey whose Private Eye Michael Kelly haunts the streets of Chicago. [...]

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It took some time Nook fans, but Sabotage: A Chronicle of the Chesterton Crash is now finally available for you, as well, via the Nook bookstore.  Just $2.99! Click HERE to get the book for the Nook!

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My first hard-boiled detective novel and the first in what I hope to be a series of novels featuring the same detective character.  Stay tuned for more!

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It’s big news for e-reader fans, especially fans of the Kobo e-reader.  Kobo is right up there in the top 5 of best-selling e-readers.  I am not sure exactly where they rank, but if you were to tell me that they were the third most popular behind the Kindle and Nook, I would not be [...]

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I have been publishing for both Nook and Kindle for some time now.  I have, very easily, had more success with Kindle than Nook.  At the same time, there are some very dedicated Nook Tablet fans.  And when I took my books off of Barnes & Noble, they wanted to know when I would come [...]

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