Everyone loves a happy ending. Even the darkest of stories have one if we know where to look for them. The trick in locating them is to skew our heads sideways. Conventional thinking won’t help us. We must first allow the darkness to flow over us so it can smother out orthodoxy and open up …
Today’s forensic medicine makes solving crimes look easy. According to movies, television shows, and many books, all you need is to take a swab of some icky stuff, do something science-y with it, and a mystery gets solved. There are flaws in simplifying DNA science through speedy storytelling. Sure, a narrative moves much faster but …
People say, don’t judge a book by its cover but most who say that aren’t book authors. For readers, the front surface of a book is the face of its story. The graphic offers readers clues about what’s behind it. Readers start digesting a book from the cover. Yes, a book’s cover really matters. Don’t …
Dependable Mitchell comes with bucketloads of amiability. A joke accompanies most conversations. His warm smile melts anyone’s ice. There’s a wonderful sense of calm surrounding our reliable, likable protagonist. Mitchell Felding. His light-hearted character is welcoming, especially when it’s placed against that of his wife, Sam, who spends her time worrying while checking her watch …
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There are fair and good reasons why a book’s title matters to a book’s success. Choosing the right one may be the make or break for any book’s future. It all comes down to reader psychology.
Literotica? Really? Are we talking about curtains that blow gently in the wind as a book chapter fades or something that sticks around longer and peers between the sheets as the steam blows? Aren’t you about writing thrillers, Michael? What are you doing dabbling in the arts of sensuality? Yes. I write tease too. Tease …
You’re a writer. There are a million words and a gazillion ways to put them together to make murder happen. You’ve got a character who dies soon, and now it’s time to bring your best words together to commit your special kind of crime. You’re creative which means you’re observant. The world intrigues you. When …
Artists can learn a little more about themselves if they take the time to look in from the other side of their art. Photographer Mitchell is about to find this out as he realises what’s been happening to him the moment just before he presses the shutter button on his camera. SEETHINGS and SEETHINGS 2 are the first …
This character was one of the last to be included in this psycho-thriller-styled novel. She was designed to be boisterous when sober but, when drunk, is obnoxious enough to unsettle guests at a dinner, if not them, readers of SEETHINGS. Maxine heads a group of small business owners who specialise in photographing weddings. Most of …
I’d like to welcome you to my pit of evil happenstance. This is where innocent people are lured away from the light and taken into the dark recesses of a psychopathic dungeon. May your stay be deadly. Of course, no one is totally innocent. Even the most honest, hard-working of souls will find something to …