I like to share comments I receive about my work. To day I want to introduce Omar Adam. He wrote to me to say how much he enjoyed my novel, Blood and Bone, and unlike many readers, he was able to tell me exactly why. For that valuable feedback, I've made Omar's comment my featured review this week on my web site. –…

A number of crises in the last week caused me to put in lots of extra hours at the day job. Senior leaders catch heat when things go wrong, but life heats up for those of us in the public affairs business with any news, good or bad. The winds of political change and beaurocratic response blow unevenly.…

I like to share comments I receive about my work. Today I'd like to introduce you to James Knight. We met Saturday at the Virginia Festival of the Book but he was already a fan.



Actually, it was James' wife Robin who bought my novel Russian Roulette for him. Later he wrote me a very complimentary email about the book. I love getting that kind of note, but it was even more exciting when James and Robin walked up to me at the Virginia Festival of the…

The Virginia Festival of the Book was as much fun this year as it has

been the last five. As always Saturday was a full day of watching

panels and greeting old pals, many of whom I never see except at

writing events. I had quite a pleasant group at my table for the

luncheon, and Julia Spencer-Fleming turned out to be an entertaining

keynote speaker.



Naturally the highpoint of the…

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I’m excited about hosting an international blog book tour for Resolution 786. American author, Mohamed Mughal, will be joining my main blog…

I like to share comments I receive about my work. Today I’d like to introduce you to Natalie Shaw.

I met Natalie at Borders Books in Waldorf a while ago. She wrote to me to say she enjoyed Russian Roulette and was sharing it with her book club. More importantly, she was the first reader to point out a continuity error in the book, which will be corrected in the next edition.

Thanks Natalie, for your…

I recently enjoyed two very successful book signings. Borders Express in Fair Oaks Mall had more traffic than expected, and the Borders in Baltimore Washington International airport was an even bigger surprise. I guess people were in the malls and travelling on what turned out to be Spring Break weekend for a lot of schools.

I was also flattered by a mention on the…

Today I discuss the importance of the first line of a story on my main blog, “Another Writer’s Life” - http://ascamacho.blogspot.com

Today’s book signing is at Borders Express in Fair Oaks Mall - 11713 Lee Jackson Hwy. Fairfax, VA - from 1 pm to 5 pm. But if you miss me there you can find my novels at BookDaily, a web site that offers book samples to book lovers.

At BookDaily you can read the first chapter of more than 60,000 titles. You can browse all you want, and if you set up an account you can get first chapters by email, along with regular updates from your favorite genres and…

I’ll spend Saturday afternoon at the Borders Express in Fair Oaks Mall. The folks there are old friends, but I can always use a few more so if you get a chance, please stop by and say hi. I will be signing my novels from 1 pm…

You will find my novels available in a cool new place on line this month! As it’s name implies, The Critic’s Corner is a web site where the creator reviews and rates book’s he has read. It’s also contains an index of reviewed authors complete with each author’s bibliography. And if you scroll to the right you’ll see that I’m the current featured…

It’s hard to beat the fun and fellowship I have every year at the Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. This year was no exception. My presentation on the basics of plot was well received and I got to critique some really impressive manuscripts. I’ve already put in my bid to speak again next year.

In other news, my latest review was published in The Big Thrill, the newsletter of the International Thriller Writers. I got to write about , Keith Thomson's debut novel “Once A Spy”…

Do you have a favourite pun? I consider myself a connoisseur of plays on words and I have a couple that I think transcend the average. The best spin the language more than once. Like this gem:…