The New Year marks twenty years since my first published work, which was a short story in a science fiction magazine. I thought I would mark this personal landmark moment with some stats: More than 20 books published. Had my work translated […]
Colorful lanaguage has inspired my new book TROUBLE & STRIFE. I love colorful language. The sheer creativity of subverting our day to day speech is something I enjoy. That’s the essence of slang. Every culture uses slang where people throw away the […]
Hooray!! My new book, the anthology called TROUBLE & STRIFE, is now available. It’s a Cockney Rhyming Slang themed collection of stories. What is Cockney Rhyming Slang you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. It’s a coded language where you create/use an expression […]
If you would like to get an autographed book for that special someone (even if that special someone is you) go to my bookshop. Use promo code XMAS10, you’ll get 10% off your order. If you live outside of the US, please […]
My new book is the anthology TROUBLE & STRIFE, a collection of crime stories inspired cockney rhyming slang. The book’s release is next month so I thought I’d clue you in on what to expect. If you don’t know what cockney rhyming […]
If you live in the Sacramento area, I’m going to be the guest Capitol Crimes where I will be discussing Dangerous Coworkers…the story behind his novel TERMINATED, the third book in the Bay Area Quartet. I’ll probably tell some other stories too. […]
Call me “Mister November” because my piece on writing antiheroes is the feature article for the November issue of the UK magazine, THE WRITERS’ FORUM. I’ve never had the cover story before so I’m quite chuffed that my piece inspired the issue’s […]
It’s Halloween so you’re entitled to a spooky story…however, this is one is true. So please enjoy… MY OTHER SISTER I was seven when I met my other sister. As a child, it wasn’t uncommon for me to wake up during the […]
It’s Halloween and a couple of my Halloween scares written under my pen name, Simon Janus, are on sale this week at Amazon. In THE SCRUBS, James Jeter, the notorious serial killer with a sixth sense, holds court inside London’s Wormwood Scrubs […]
Hooray!! I have a new book, but it’s a little different. I’ve crossed the aisle from writer to editor. I’ve curated a group of stories for an anthology called TROUBLE & STRIFE. It’s a Cockney Rhyming Slang themed collection of stories. What […]