In November 2015, I published my first novel, “The Stolen Twin.” And in launching that book, I did pretty much everything completely wrong. I’ll detail all my book marketing mistakes in another post, but today, I want to share how I very nearly pulled the plug on my fiction writing career, right at the cusp […]
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Announcing: The Completion of the First Draft of “This Happened to Jessica”!
Wow. Just. Wow. All my books have a bit of a story behind the writing. “Mirror Image” (which I wrote first but published second) took me about twenty years to write. I got the initial idea when I was a teenager, and it took all that time to get a real handle on how that […]
Book Review: “The Lying Game” by Ruth Ware
The day after a dog charges into the water after a stick but discovers something more sinister, three women in and around London—Fatima, Thea, and Isabel—receive a text they had always hoped would NEVER come from the fourth in their formerly inseparable clique, Kate, that says only, “I need you.” Even though I had some […]
The Writing Journey: How the Eclipse Changed My Writing Life
2017 will forever be remembered as the year I became a writer. That likely sounds strange to you. After all, I’m a professional copywriter. I’ve been earning a living as a writer since 1998 when I started my freelance copy business. I began the transformation into owner of a copywriting and marketing company in 2004. […]
February 2018 Writing Update: Say, How IS the New Book Coming?
Why, thanks for asking. Well first, I’ve gotten into a daily habit of writing 1,000 words, and that’s really helped keep the momentum going. Second, I’m still working on my new three-book series, “Secrets of Redemption.” The first book, “It Began with a Lie,” is pretty much done. I thought it WAS done a few […]
Book Review: “The Woman in Cabin 10” by Ruth Ware
One night on a highly-exclusive luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins, Journalist Lo Blacklock witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for … “The Woman in Cabin 10, ” a mystery/thriller by Ruth Ware, was one of […]
The Writing Journey: Stepping into My Fiction Author Identity
There’s a strange phenomenon I occasionally witness at my copywriting and marketing company. Clients will hire us for copy and marketing support, pay in full, and then either disappear or not actually use what they paid for. When I would reach out to ask them why, I would typically hear some variation of how yes, […]
Update on the New Series “Secrets of Redemption”
Wow, 2017 has been flying by. I’ve been hard at work on a brand new psychological thriller/suspense/mystery series “Secrets of Redemption.” The first book “It Began With a Lie” is complete and I’m in the middle of Book 2 “This Happened to Jessica.” I even have a cover and a description of “It Began With a […]
So, how’s the new book coming?
Glad you asked Let me start by saying this was a great year to see how sometimes taking a step backwards results in a huge leap forward. Earlier this year I was starting to despair this book was just getting too long. It was just getting longer and more complicated and I wondered if I […]
“Mirror Image” Launches Tomorrow! (Plus The Story Behind The Story)
Lots of excitement here in PW land as we’re getting ready for the big launch of “Mirror Image.” You can grab your copy right here. And, just like “The Stolen Twin,” this novel has quite a backstory too. It all started when I was a teenager and on a family vacation in New Hampshire. While […]