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April 29, 2018
The San Jose Amazon Bookstore is in Santana Row, a popular high-end shopping mall that also includes a Tesla dealership. Welcome to Silicon Valley.
October 31, 2017
The writing life is so different now compared to three or four years ago, when I only had one book published - especially when being a writer is a second career.
July 8, 2017
“Absolutely,” I said, when my publicist proposed this book tour. “I can do the driving. This is my home town after all.” Words that would come back to haunt me.
July 8, 2017
You gotta have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true? Dragon Springs Road hits national bestseller lists.
June 10, 2017
Does it ever get any easier? I turned to a couple of author friends for their observations.
January 2, 2017
Foxes have been characterized variously as tricksters, drinking companions, avengers, scholars, seductresses, and faithful lovers.
December 12, 2016
All the hard work of pulling your reader into the setting can be undone by careless details that break the spell for readers and take them out of the world of the novel.
December 3, 2016
Book review and analysis of writing technique. Complex emotions are needed to create powerful tensions in a story, especially if the story is character-driven. This novel shows the importance of layering on emotions when character motivations are pivotal to the story.
May 18, 2016
A publisher’s marketing activities will move the dial for book sales, but are there things an author can do to help the process? You gotta at least try.
April 7, 2015
It's a long, long way from film option to production, so for now I will just say that the producer is an award-winning Canadian producer and director