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The many covers of SOMETHING MISSING
By reader request, the following are the various covers of my first novel, SOMETHING MISSING. The book’s foreign rights were also purchased in Russia and two other countries, but I have yet to see the...
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SOMETHING MISSING: Asian style
The Korean and Chinese editions of my first novel, SOMETHING MISSING, arrived yesterday. Three years after it first published, the book is still exciting me.
View ArticleMEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND: An audio preview
The first two chapters of the audio version of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND are available for preview here. The book is narrated by Matthew Brown, which seems apropos considering my UK pseudonym is...
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I can play favorites with my children but not my books
Yesterday a reader in Australia who has now read all three of my novels asked which is my favorite. It’s a question that I’ve heard authors asked many times before, and I’ve heard many of them give an...
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Writing and recording forgeries
Def Leppard, a band that provided much of the soundtrack of my youth, is re-recording its backlist in an effort to regain financial control of their music. With newly recorded “forgeries” of “Pour Some...
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Never doubt a librarian
Apologies to the Denver Public Library for the previous post today. A librarian kindly explained the purpose of the stamp placed upon my orphaned book: The stamp is a quick way to let people know not...
View ArticleI never know what I’m actually writing about
Long after I finished writing my first novel, SOMETHING MISSING, I discovered, only after my wife and therapist pointed it out to me, that I had written a book about my battles with post traumatic...
View ArticleAmazon’s new policy on book reviews did not impact me thanks to the quality...
You may have heard that Amazon has a new policy when it comes to online book reviews. From a piece in The New York Times: Giving raves to family members is no longer acceptable. Neither is writers’...
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Aimee Mann’s theory on creativity matches my own perfectly.
On a recent podcast, musician Aimee Mann said, “Being stuck in one place and bored out of your mind is the key to creativity.” I couldn’t agree more. My writing career only began because I was bored...
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“Book club date night” is probably not the most romantic way to spend an...
Since publishing my first novel in 2009, I’ve visited with more than one hundred book clubs throughout Connecticut and beyond, oftentimes in person and many times via conference call, Skype or a...
View ArticleWhere do you get your ideas?
I am often asked where I get the inspiration and ideas for my stories, especially considering that I’m fortunate enough to have so many ideas from which to choose. A few years ago I wrote a post...
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I never expected my readers to become my friends and change my life. But...
I received an email from Charity asking me if I would consider officiating her upcoming marriage. In addition to my many careers, I am an ordained minister and occasionally marry couples. Charity lives...
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The career of an author is not all angst and loneliness. Some of the time.
I am not a starry eyed author. I expect little from my publishing career. When I published my first novel, Something Missing, in 2009, I was not under the illusion that I would be quitting my day job...
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