Writing

Things have been moving right along over the course of the last week. First off, Bantam sent me a couple of advance reading copies of PRODIGAL–a nice treat in and of itself. No matter how much time you spend writing and editing a book, there’s just something special about seeing an actual bound edition for the first time. I also (finally) finished off a detailed outline for my next proposed book and dashed it off to my ...

It’s a given that aspiring authors have, at one time or the other, imagined the Big Interview they might have with Barbara Walters or Oprah after they become rich and famous. It always reminds me of that scene from The Commitments when Jimmy Rabbitte, in the bathtub, keeps tossing questions at himself a-la some Rolling Stone reporter, asking about how the band got its start and all the dirty details along the way.

Admittedly, I’ve done it a few times ...

Last October, I was giving a speech at the St. Pete Times Festival of Reading when a person in the audience asked, “What is it that writers want the most?”

“That’s easy,” I replied. “Writers will tell you all they want is respect for their work. What they really want, though, is a movie deal.”

Well, I’m happy to announce that nearly a year after HAMMERJACK hit the book shelves, my tireless agents ...

Man, more than four weeks without a post.  I know, that was pretty derelict of me–but I have excuses, I swear!  The trouble all started at work, when a brand new server (whose maker shall remain nameless, but I’ll give you a hint:  it rhymes with “hell”) went belly up after only six weeks in operation.  It wouldn’t have been so bad, except that said server happened to be hosting Microsoft Exhchange at the time.

As I work for a law ...