Books… Is “easy to read” a good thing? 16 Jul 201316 Jul 2013 First of all, let me say that I have no quarrel with anyone who reviews my books. I love that a) you read my work and b) you took the…
Uncategorized My 4 year old video game assistant 9 Jul 20139 Jul 2013 My 4 year old video game assistant Check out my column Crawl, Walk, Game over at The Married Gamers. In this installment, I wrote about playing games on the PC,…
Books… A Deep Breath — Moving on to the Next Book 28 Jun 2013 I began writing the first Lexy Cooper crime novel Schooled on May 3 2012 and finished the first week of August. It came out on November 6. I started noodling…
News and politics The S Word 24 Jun 2013 Suicide. There, I said it. In the last 10 months suicide has touched my life twice. And in both cases, no one wanted to use The Word. The shame and…
Books… My book comes out tomorrow and I’m calm 20 Jun 2013 Tonight around 11 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time I will begin the brief process of uploading my crime novel Pwned to Kindle Direct Publishing. Within 12 hours (usually only an hour…
Books… Get Schooled for 99 cents! 17 Jun 2013 Broke? Cheap? You've got enough money jingling in your pocket or collecting lint in your sofa cushions for what readers have called "a straight-up page turner" "a captivating thriller" and…
Books… The feedback a writer needs most 10 Jun 2013 There are some people who can never, in good conscience, review an author's books: the author herself of course, and anyone who worked on the actual text. In my case…
Games… Gaming with Kids: Crawl, Walk, Game 23 May 2013 Last week marked the debut of my new column at TheMarriedGamers.net. It's called Crawl, Walk, Game, and it's all about my experiences gaming with my youngest child. I've had great…
Books… Bad as I Wanna Be – Character or Heroine? 15 May 201315 May 2013 Lexy Cooper is the protagonist of my mystery series set in the videogame business. You'll notice I didn't use the word "heroine." There's a reason for that. She's not heroic.…
Books… ‘Friend’ of the author aka “I’m with the band” 6 May 2013 'Friend' of the author aka "I'm with the band". This post poses a great question for reviewers and authors: Are you obligated to mention that you know the author in…
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