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Riding the Rollercoaster
What a lot of folks don’t know about my Vital Secrets novels is that I carried the initial story idea for what became an entire series of books around in my head for a good twenty years before I finally got brave enough to write it down. Two decades. That’s a chunk of time, no…
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Welcome to my world
One of the things that I love about writing is that you get to build your own world, and even if it’s reality-based, it’s still unique. Every time I revisit or add to my Vital Secrets books I get to immerse myself in the characters – their thoughts, behaviors, what makes them tick. And I…
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Book of Secrets Preview
“Morning. Hey, there was a package that came for you. It’s on your desk.” “Thanks.” FBI Agent Nathan Thomas continued down the hall to his office in the BAU division. He hung his jacket on the back of his chair, then stared thoughtfully at the plain, brown box in the middle of his blotter. Hmmm.…
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Doors, Windows, and a Dog Named Mollie
For those who don’t know, my day job is as an Accounting Manager for a manufacturing company in Fort Worth. Just about a month ago, I noticed a little dog hanging around in our company’s parking lot. I was immediately concerned because our facility (and the street it’s on) is high-traffic. A lot of tractor-trailers…
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A Week for Reflection
You know, sometimes, it’s just one of those strings of days that really take your breath, set you back on your heels, and make you look around you – and at your life – with deeper appreciation. For example – My Dad would have been seventy-five this past Tuesday. He’s been gone three years already;…
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Dream big, Ya’ll
So I was thinking earlier about how cool it would be if my Vital Secrets books got picked up by one of the streaming video services, and who I think would be really good choices to play the characters. I say streaming services, because there’s just way too much good stuff to try to cram…
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The End of an Era – Maybe?
So, three years after releasing my first book as in indie author, I am blown away to realize that between my two pen names, book number SEVENTEEN comes out in eleven days. If anybody had told me back in June 2019 that I would have that many out by now, I’d have said they were…
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Happy Birthday, Book of Secrets!
It was June 2019 when I launched my title “Book of Secrets” into the world as an indie publisher. Seems like only yesterday… I’d had my original book out since 2010 but wasn’t indie published. That first book did a lot of lagging about and just not doing much. And then, I met an indie…
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Predators in Publishing
Dear Fellow Authors, If you receive an email (or phone call) resembling this: RUN, don’t walk, the other direction. It’s a vanity press. I cannot stress strongly enough – Money should flow TO, not from, the author. This particular scammy, spammy vanity press offers three different pricing tiers – How…. capitalist of them… But here’s…