December 21, 2024 Blog IMG

Once upon a time, voice, plot points, characters and themes filled our days. But now, we authors—sorry authorpreneurs­—spend them muddling through the acronymic jungle of our ad campaigns, stuff

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August 28, 2024 Blog IMG

On July 13th 2024, Trump got lucky and so did I. If that bullet had veered an inch to the right, we would all be in RIP-Donald country and I’d be mourning the death of a book I invested a lot of lau

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August 14, 2024 Blog IMG

These days, they don’t make victims like they used to. So says Cass in Collecting Cass, my 21st century reimagining of the classic themes in John Fowles fabled yarn, The Collector.Published in

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January 19, 2019 Blog IMG

Storytellers depend on imagination and inspiration, but it’s often an experience that sparks a story into life. Here's how a miracle in Paris, an atrocity in Iraq, and a mother’s angry silence sho

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January 18, 2019 Blog IMG

When you’re in the vigilante business, fights are inevitable, and CJ often gets into situations where the only way out is to lay out some guy on his back. The first thriller I ever read was a Bulldo

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January 16, 2019 Blog IMG

My stories are about people—not technology, but writing thrillers these days, tech is sure to sneak in somewhere. The trick is to keep the focus on the action and suspense, so the tech is just a sli

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