A fantastic review of 4 Funny Detective Stories - Starring Maynard Soloman from Detectives Beyond Borders:

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There are three reasons I decided to donate my royalty payment to the National Kidney Foundation.

1) It's a great charity, rated four stars (the highest possible) by…

It's been out for less than 24 hours, but 4 Funny Detective Stories - Starring Maynard Soloman is already #31 in the political humor category. Thanks for sticking with the series, readers!…

Fresh off of Trestlegate, 4 Funny Detective Stories - Starring Maynard Soloman is now available at…

John Hansen is one of those up-and-comers I'm sure I'll brag about knowing before he got big. Case in point: This articulate post about how to spot a fake Amazon e-book review.

"Fake" in this case means the review has…

In most cases, I would say, "No" or "Only if I knew the author was already talented, just going through a coke relapse."

I don't know if Laura Roberts is taking sleigh rides between paragraph breaks, but I do know one thing. She wrote Rebels of the 512 in three days as part of a contest. Even a crackhead slamming keys for three incoherent days would have to admit that was an ambitious…

After yesterday's news about my publisher and I parting ways, I figured it was a good time to do three things:

1) Head to the grocery store for some frozen Prozac. Sawbones says drinking is bad for the kidney they plugged into me a couple…

Here's the second version of the cover to my upcoming reference e-book. What do you think? Here's a link to the first one.

Kate Laity (aka K.A. Laity aka C. Margery Kempe aka Kit Marlowe aka Kate Wombat) has to be one of the most interesting authors I've crossed virtual paths with in a long time. For starters, just look at the different names she uses. Combine that with a lot of international traveling and a multi-language repetoire of light bulb jokes, and you might think she's a…

I'm honored to host to a guest post today from McDroll, the pseudonym for Scottish crime fiction author Fiona Johnson. Take it away, McD!

After…

Other than the fact an offer is not on the table, I don't see myself writing for TV or movies. It was a question indie crime demigod Paul D. Brazill asked during his Short, Sharp Interview series.

PDB: Do you have any interest in writing for films, theatre or television?

Me: Not really. Authors sometimes view movies and TV as the…

Is it ever OK to commit a crime? If so, who or what determines the line and when it's crossed?

The gray area around this question has been debated since humans figured out the concept of morality. Or, rather, when they identified why they felt sad while sitting atop a mountain of pillaged loot. That's most of human history right there.

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Today only: One buck less a penny is all you need to download an anthology of the damned featuring 32 fantastic crime fiction short stories. It's all in Brit Grit Too, edited by one of the best in the biz, Paul D. Brazill.

It's only 99 cents for today,…

From now until Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, Trestle Press will be having a BUY-ONE-GET-ONE FREE E-BOOK SALE. All Trestle Press titles (including my…

Earlier this month, I had my palm read at a party by a professional. That is to say, she was hired to read palms at this party. Right away, she had lots to say about my writing - despite my not telling her about it.

Bizarre coincidence or something…

Coming later this month from Trestle Press: The Girl from Yesterday by Joshua J. Mark

Although paranormal mysteries are something I'm only starting to inch toward writing, I find myself interested in reading more of it after watching this video.…