Learning Curve

As many of you know more than ten years ago I received notification that my paranormal novel, Rite of Passage was coming out in print… that afternoon. After practically driving off the road with unrestrained enthusiasm (I was on the highway at the time) I called...

Why I Write

Why I Write  People who know I came from a successful business career often ask me this question.  The easiest way to begin is to answer in the reverse. I do not write to gain fame and riches though I would love to have a New York Times number one best-seller and the...

“Sealed with a Kiss”

“Sealed with a Kiss” If that title has a vague ring of familiarity that’s no accident. It not so coincidentally bears the name of a song from the mists of my youth. And when doing this blog though it may be begging the season by a month (or more) the summer beckons in...

Sophomore Slump

It’s finally happened. You get the “call.” Receiving that long-awaited “call” (usually an email today) from a publisher is the closest an author can come to an out of body experience. Let’s fast forward… Your first book survives editors, cover artists, and...

A Man Apart

“Okay, what’s the story? You’re a guy, and you’re writing… romance?” It’s a question I hear often. Every convention I attend or speak at I get that suspicious stare followed by the inevitable… “Why?” So in answer to the first comment, yes, I’m a healthy male and...