…it’s polite to answer. And that’s just what happened in the Criminally Good section of author, script editor and producer Lucy V. Hay’s outstanding crime fiction blog. You can check it out here. Hope you like it and hope all is well in your world. Mr. Chad
What’s my bag? Today it’s Linda’s Book Bag. I hope you’ll check out my guest post on creating recurring characters and the inspiration for Billy in All Debts, Public And Private. Thanks to Linda Hill for inviting me to write a guest post. She’s one of my favorite book bloggers, so I hope you’ll […]
Right now my latest crime novel, All Debts, Public and Private, is only available as an e-book. More than once this has lead to the inevitable question: “Why no paperback version?” (By far my favorite version of this question is, “So when are you going to put out a real book?”) Here are my […]
Currently I’m halfway into Bill Beverly’s deftly brilliant Dodgers (think Holden Caulfield as an LA gang banger on a cross-country road trip) and reading it has reminded me of the joys of the literary crime fiction. It’s hard to beat the skillful use of language in a story that moves along a good pace […]
How much does experience count for? Not a lot, it turns out. At least, that’s what I decided when setting out to create the Billy Keene Stories Sit down to create a crime novel series and, bam, the first trick smacks you right in the face: Merlin, you better conjure a main character with staying […]
The long-sober drunkard falls off the wagon…then sobers up. He begins again, again. The dieter wrecks her diet…then makes the next meal a healthy one. She begins again, again. The ex-smoker bums a cigarette…then throws away a half-full pack the next day. He begins again, again. The runner skips a day or two…then laces […]
“Where do you get your ideas?” Sometimes you hear writers complain about being asked this question. I never understood why some writers find that annoying. Maybe revealing the source of inspiration doesn’t make for an exciting story. Still, it’s not like that undercuts the excitement of the story it inspired the writer to write. Either way, […]
My first time… …I was excited and a little nervous. It’s never easy putting yourself out there. But if you don’t, you’ll never consummate the act of someone reading your work. …I was really asking for it. It’s important to attract online reviews from readers. There are all sorts of seductions out there to tempt people’s […]
I’ve received a lot of nice responses from people since announcing the debut of my upcoming crime novel, All Debts, Public and Private. Thank you to those who’ve expressed interest either by pre-ordering it or simply sending along encouraging words. I’ve also gotten some nice compliments on the cover art. Thank you for that too. […]
Howdy. I wanted to let you know my new crime novel, All Debts, Public and Private, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Finally. You can pre-order it for Amazon Kindle here. Took much, much longer than anticipated to get to this point. But I’m in the final stages of polishing, mere days away […]