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Full Time Author

By admin | April 26, 2020 - 9:11 AM |April 26, 2020 Uncategorized
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Last week, I retired from my job as a system/software engineer at the Software Engineering Institute. I will now finally be able to become a full-time author. I am currently working on completing the manuscript for Hell Holes 3: What Lurks Below. I hope to have a version ready for… Continue reading →

100th Review

By admin | November 22, 2019 - 3:10 PM |November 22, 2019 Uncategorized
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The Secrets of Hawthorne House just received its 100th review. It was wonderful and made my day. Original Amazon UK Review “I instantly fell in love with this book, the friendship between Matt and Gerallt is so pure and wholesome it went straight to my heart. They are both a… Continue reading →

SuccessInSight Podcast Interview

By admin | November 20, 2019 - 9:50 PM |November 20, 2019 Uncategorized
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Earlier this evening, I was interviewed by Howard Fox on his SuccessInSight Podcast. The podcast should be posted on LinkedIn sometime in the next 3 weeks.

Literary Agent

By admin | November 14, 2019 - 10:45 AM |November 14, 2019 Uncategorized
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Lillie Leonardi of Passages & Prose now represents me as my literary agent. She is going to concentrate first on The Secrets of Hawthorne House, which she thinks will be my “breakout novel.”

Literary Agent

By admin | November 9, 2019 - 8:36 PM |November 9, 2019 Uncategorized
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I am meeting with a literary agent next week. Their agency has agreed to represent me and my books.

Audiobook

By admin | November 9, 2019 - 8:34 PM |November 9, 2019 Uncategorized
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I am currently seeking a narrator for the audiobook version of The Secrets of Hawthorne House. I have received several auditions and hope to pick someone in the next week or two.

ManyBooks Author of the Day

By admin | October 9, 2019 - 10:01 AM |October 9, 2019 Uncategorized
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Today, I am ManyBooks’ Author of the Day.

Random Thought

By admin | September 27, 2019 - 4:59 PM |September 27, 2019 Uncategorized
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Writing speculative fiction can do funny things to your mind. I was thinking about writing a short story for Halloween this weekend when the following words came to me: “She has her mother’s eyes. She keeps them safely tucked away in the bottom of her freezer, along with her father’s… Continue reading →

Silver Medal

By admin | September 8, 2019 - 3:41 PM |September 8, 2019 Uncategorized
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I just received my silver medal for The Secrets of Hawthorne House

Readers’ Favorite Silver Prize Winner

By admin | September 5, 2019 - 12:40 PM |September 5, 2019 Uncategorized
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I just learned that The Secrets of Hawthorne House won the Reader’s Favorite silver prize in the young adult urban fantasy.

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