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HUMP DAY: The Taskmasters Becomes A Play

In true iceberg style, there’s been a lot of activity under surface with all things related to my writing. The first piece of good news I can mention is that my short story, THE TASKMASTERS, is being adapted for the stage. The […]

March 7, 2012January 9, 2015

Book of the Month: Moments of Weakness

From time to time someone will take me to task over my characters—usually my protagonists. The usual complaint is over my hero’s “goodness.” The remarks usually center on, “You know, if your main guy had done the right thing in the beginning, […]

February 27, 2012January 9, 2015

Book of the Month: TREATING PEOPLE HOW I WANT TO BE TREATED

Lowlifes centers on a murder in the homeless community. As I wrote the story, it could have been easy to show the homeless in stereotypical terms as people lower down on the totem pole than the rest of society. I made it […]

February 20, 2012January 9, 2015

BACK STORIES: When the Chips Are Down

Lowlifes centers on a washed up cop investigating the murder of a homeless man. When my collaborator moviemaker, Robert Pratten, approached me with the idea of a crime story set in the homeless community, it immediately appealed to my sensibilities. Regardless of […]

February 13, 2012October 6, 2020

WORKING STIFFS Is A #1 Bestseller & Props For TERMINATED

Some nice press for WORKING STIFFS resulted in a nice sales book and yesterday the book became the bestselling anthology on Amazon. I’m really pleased for the sudden success. WORKING STIFFS was a break out book for me, so it’s good to […]

February 11, 2012January 9, 2015

Book of the Month: Lowlifes

LOWLIFES is February’s book of the month. It’s a crime novella set in San Francisco. Unlike my other books, it wasn’t my idea. Someone came to me with a story idea and this was the result… Storyline: San Francisco Detective Larry Hayes […]

February 6, 2012January 9, 2015

Book of the Month: Making A Killing

It’s the end of the month so ends the spotlight on WORKING STIFFS. I have to say this book holds a special fondness for me. One of the stories, My Father’s Secret , garnered an Anthony Award, which was nice. The good […]

January 30, 2012January 9, 2015

DID NOT FINISH: New Edition

There’s a trade paperback edition of DID NOT FINISH out in the UK. The US edition will be out later this year. And for those who asked, the ebook edition is also now available around the world. Trade Paperback(UK only)Kindle ebook USKindle […]

January 26, 2012January 9, 2015

Book of the Month: You Made Me A Criminal

Some people give me odd looks after they’ve read something of mine. They see me, they read the stories and they merge the characters and me together and see the same person. They don’t see easy-going, Simon. They see evil-doing Simon. I’m […]

January 16, 2012January 9, 2015

New Books on Kobo

At last, Kobo has made PAYING THE PIPER, TERMINATED and WE ALL FALL DOWN available for download. Yay!

January 10, 2012January 9, 2015

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