How can you do all that marketing stuff for your new book?  I list some ideas today on my main blog, Another Writer’s Life- http://ascamacho.blogspot.com

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Jack with a disability incurred on a mission as a Navy Seal returns to civilian life. He accepts a job as an associate detective. In his new career he encounters a moral dilemma. This dilemma creates a story that is intriguing and fascinating. He meets a woman also with a disability. Their union results in an…

MURDER IN MAUI: A Leila Kahana Mystery. my highly acclaimed new tropical police procedural and medical mystery eBook, now in Kindle, Nook, and Google eBooks,



Maui County homicide detective and composite sketch artist Leila Kahana is the protagonist. A Hawaiian native, Leila follows in the footsteps of her grandfather who was the…

THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS: The True Story of Serial Killers Gerald and Charlene Gallego, my bestselling true crime book, climbs to #4 on Kindle's Top 100 Bestsellers in Serial Killers True Accounts.



Has also moved up to #18 in Kindle True Crime Books and #24 in overall Nonfiction True Crime Books. …

The stories that have been coming out of Joplin, Missouri over the past week have been heartbreaking, inspiring, and terrifying.  As everyone knows, the city was struck by the deadliest tornado in United States history on May 22.  As of the writing of this post, the death…

What follows is originally published at The Vincent Zandri Vox: http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-go-indie-control-control-control.html

I discuss how to make the best of a writer’s conference today on my main blog, Another Writer’s Life - http://ascamacho.blogspot.com

In researching my latest novel Silent Partner, I found myself immersed in the police K9 training world.  I wanted to create a main “cop” character that was also a K9 unit.  This was a challenge, but I felt that it…

“Mankind has a natural predator, the psychopath, and this predator is invisible because there are no easily discernible markings that set him apart.”  The Trick of the Psychopath’s Trade: Make Us Believe that Evil Comes from Others.   

When we hear the word “psychopath” we envision a creepy, murdering monster, but…

Earlier this morning, I appeared on the G-Zone live podcast show with Giovanni Gelati. It was fun to talk with the guy, and I hope he enjoyed my company.

You can listen to a recording of the podcast below. The first parts go into the stories behind my stories, like why I would choose to have a character named "Benjamin" in my novel. Enjoy!

I had to push my husband, Mr.Gelati, away from the laptop for a bit and speak up here. He, and his buddies Vincent Zandri (I always thought you liked me Vince, you seemed so nice), Big Daddy Abel, Thomas White, Benjamin Sobieck and now Thad Brown, some of whom have gone to great lengths to do various things to me in their little stories are up to their antics again.  For those that have yet to read one of these “The Author’s Lab/Collaborations”, they are funny but at whose expense? At times…

Tomorrow my Maryland friends will be able to find me at Borders in Annapolis.  The store, at 1115 Annapolis Mall is just three miles from the U.S. Naval Academy.  You can enjoy a cup of coffee at their Seattle's Best Cafe and browse their extensive book, CD and DVD collections.  They have a great local interest section and lots of autographed novels from local authors. And Saturday I will be happy to sign any of my novels for you in person.  Just visit between 1pm to 5pm.

I am planning on running this new segment on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Author’s Spotlights posts are fun to think about and put together, especially when I have had a chance to actually work closely with the author; that is the case today, so forgive my biased comments. Right off the bat I am going to tell you I enjoy B.R.’s work and have since I pretty much read his first paragraph. The thing about his writing and style though is that it crosses many genres, many styles of taste, and is…