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12:12pm, August 21, 2011
Chapter One
I
sat alone in a small, sparsely furnished foyer, nervously drumming my self-manicured fingernails on the manila folder with fraying edges full of résumés. I had taken to MORE

11:45am, August 18, 2011
Okay, so anyone who has already downloaded the free sample Chapters of "A Ghost of Fire" from smashwords should continue to have access to them. However, smashwords doesn't want authors to upload sample chapters, MORE

11:56pm, August 16, 2011
To help with the wait, here are Chapters 3-5 of "A Ghost of Fire," the new Paranormal Thriller coming out in September. They are free to download in several electronic formats: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/ MORE

2:23am, August 5, 2011
Arguing with Myself
I sometimes wonder if every author goes through the same internal argument I do when getting ready to publish a new work. It goes something like this: I say something to myself like, "This is MORE

12:45pm, July 24, 2011
So...a ghost story, huh? Occasionally that's the sort of reaction I get when I tell people about the new book. What I get from this is a question: "Why would you want to write about that?" There's probably an MORE

8:16pm, July 21, 2011
Open your Eyes
Where do you get your ideas? That's a strange question, because it appears to assume a single source of ideas. I really don't think there is one. I think inspiration for writing or any other MORE

11:46am, July 16, 2011
It's happened to all of us. We've seen a movie sequel or read a book sequel because we thought the first one or previous ones in the series were so brilliant that we just HAD to check out the next one. And then... MORE

1:24am, July 12, 2011
"A Ghost of Fire" Sample chapters 1-2 are now available for FREE download here. Now, these are still rough draft, so they've got a little ways to go before they're finished...but you'll get the general idea. Let MORE