In mid-May, the Turin International Book Festival was held in Turin, Italy. My Italian publisher (yes, I now have an Italian publisher!) La Corte Editore, exhibited at the festival. They had more than 100 different titles for sale at the event, and of those titles, a new book called Le Radici del Buio was the […]
It occurred to me a few days ago that I hadn’t posted anything here in a while, but not until I logged in today did I realize that I haven’t posted anything this year. Sorry for the long absence. It’s not that I haven’t had anything to say, it’s more that I’ve had too much […]
This is the time of year when folks look back to what they’ve accomplished over the last twelve months, and for writers that typically means listing the works they published during the year. From that perspective, 2025 was a pretty slow year. But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t busy. Let’s look back, first, then we’ll […]
Intro: Back in 1991, I was managing Hunter’s Books in La Jolla, CA. Because I am who I am, I’d beefed up the store’s science fiction, fantasy, and horror sections far beyond what might be expected at a bookstore on the main drag of a high-end tourist town on the San Diego coast. As a […]
What? Posting two days in a row? Am I ill? Answer: Who knows? But consider this post both information and appreciation. I’m writing it here rather than on social media to give it some form of permanence, something that I can refer back to (as can anyone interested) when my new novel is released, and […]
This was announced today: The book Crystal Lake Publishing announced today is Flesh of All Sorrows, a dark police-procedural thriller. When Crystal Lake asked me to write a little something about it, here’s what I gave them: “Flesh of All Sorrows began with a question: What would happen to a child who was raised by a […]
There are a few things to talk about, so consider this kind of a potpourri post (but without the dried flowers and other fragrances). First, I have not been posting here much, in part because social media seems to have largely taken the place of blogs, and in part because there’s been a technical issue […]
Nicholas Diak, an Edgar Rice Burroughs fan and scholar of peplum cinema (don’t know what that is? Visit his site and find out!) has posted a wide-ranging interview with me. Included in it are some relatively obscure fact about my background and interests, along with news about my next book project (I’m about halfway through […]
Be sure to visit the Press, Accolades, and Awards page of this website every once in a while. After the blog page, that’s the one that changes most frequently, as more stories, reviews, etc. pop up. New books and new blog posts are generally highlighted on the site’s landing page, but changes to that page […]
For as long as this website and blog have been active, my posts here have hardly received any comments. Real ones, that is. Spam ones by the thousands, but a tiny handful of legitimate ones. That’s okay. I’m very visible and available on social media, and in today’s world, that’s where most two-way and multi-way […]