Over the last year I have seen a considerable rise in the sales of my e books and on Kindle, which was revealed as the most popular e reader device and the fastest growing in the UK overtaking the Sony Reader. And for anyone who wants a bargain, for a limited period only, my e book publisher is offering my DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novel…

When you put the words ‘terrorists’ and ‘assassination’ together, the first thing comes to my mind is thriller author Allan Leverone.  While Allan has been featured in such publications as Needle: A Magazine of Noir, Shroud Magazine, Twisted Dreams, Mysterical-E and many other venues, both print and online, he has written two masterful…

OK, this isn't actually my ebook - it's by my friend Steven Torres.  I had a hand in it, though.  I urged (okay, demanded) that he put together some of his stories, and even volunteered to format it for him.  I think it came out pretty well:

There are ten stories in all - two brand new stories about Ray Cruz, a mob enforcer in 1970s New York City; four stories about…

I am pleased to announce the release of Show No Mercy: A Michael Dodge Thriller. This is my third ebook and it's a spy thriller. Here's the story description:



"Could you kill your father?



Michael Dodge owes Harry Ames, his surrogate father. But his CIA mentor is accused of murdering a comrade and joining forces with an enemy planning to unleash a lethal biological weapon on the United States. Dodge may have to kill Harry, but can he do…

It is back, Digital Short Saturday , and I have a couple of serious new digital shorts to go over with you today. Both are new series, The Commissary by CQ  Scafidi and the next post is on THE NEXUS CHRONICLES /Conception by Skylyr Symkyns. To get some business out of the way CQ Scafidi is the author of Time Couriers, yes, that Time Couriers the novel that won many different awards: Best Eye Catching Cover- the new Covey Awards, and also The Amazon Clicks.Com /Authors Choice March…

Every year a new surprise breakout author rises up from the ashes of literary despair. In the past we've seen JK Rowling and James Frey fill the bill. But this year’s breakout author is different in some pretty remarkable aspects. Not only is she self-published, yet she works with an established literary agent. Her name is Amanda Hocking and she's a 26 year paranormal YA author who not only has one book listed on the USA Today Top 150 bestseller's List, she's got half a dozen.



Her…

Two (2) new chapters have been added to An Object in Motion! Just click on the link www.reybooks.com to read. Please don't forget to check out the Author Blog page of the website for a special message! I told you there was a lot going on in 2011!

Enjoy and remember the full e-book short story releases March 19, 2011 exclusively on Rey Books!

RSB

I received my author copies of the latest DI Andy Horton marine mysteryto be published as an unabridged audio book yesterday and it looks and sounds great. Dead Man’s Wharf is the fourth in the marine mystery series of crime novels featuring Inspector Andy Horton and is set in Portsmouth and the Solent area. It was chosen as the Best…

I Kindle-ized a short story called "The Devil's Snare." As the New York Times said* "It's a comic masterpiece." I did this to make sure that I knew how to do it, not to earn millions.

In the next day or two, the story should become something that people can buy. Or maybe that's happened already. Not quite…

This wasn’t originally on my agenda for today’s column, but yesterday my daughter told me something my grandson said that just begged to be in a column about dialogue. Check it out:

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Sorry there is no cover image.  I also don't seem to be able to copy and paste the text.  However, the cover is on my web site and the review will be there soon.  (www.ijparker.com)

Meanwhile, just an observation: What must one do to get a publisher to support a series?  I've raked up national awards and a string of starred reviews, and my Amazon reviews are great.  My sales increase little by little, but publishers like large numbers.  And large…

A memoir conference is coming to Las Vegas on March 5. Sounds like a great one for anyone interested in writing their own memoir or that of another person.

LINK:  http://exm.nr/LVmemoirconf

Speaking…

It's sometimes a little daunting seeing nothing but 5-Star reviews being posted for one of your noir novels. And believe me, that ain't no boast because I've gotten my share of "you suck(s)" during my time as an author.



But these recent reviews for THE INNOCENT are sweeter than normal since they're for a re-released novel that used to be called…

Looking for something dark that is going to crawl into that brain pan of yours. I wasn’t to be honest with you, but I have read everything Jason McIntyre has written to date and I was not going to let anything stop me from reading this. The novel just came out on Amazon Kindle priced at $2.99, a bargain for what I feel I got of this. Oh yeah, before I forget, Jason will be stepping into The GZONE, the Gelati’s Scoop blogtalk radio show, on Feb 28^th at 11amEST. If you…