My first thriller ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN has come of age. It was first published 18 years ago this month! This book is very special to me because we’ve been on a quite a journey over that time. It’s been responsible for […]
This one is for the writers amongst you. Over the last few years, I’ve developed a number of online writing courses for Sisters In Crime. The workshops haven’t been available outside of their membership until now. I’m planning on having a different […]
It’s been a pretty crappy last few weeks with canceled projects and events due to the Corona virus, but finally a shaft of light! I won HAW CREEK HORROR‘s contest for real life ghost stories. I saw the call for true stories […]
Ebook distributor, Smashwords, is having an “Authors Give Back” special sale. So for the next 30 days, a large number of my books are 30% off. This is includes some of my French language titles and the sale includes all formats to […]
It’s a new year and that means I receive annual royalty statements for a couple of my books. One such book was LOWLIFES. It’s been a pretty successful book, but the publisher said, “Royalties have fallen off the edge of a cliff. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]