Today is launch day for my novel, Instrument of the Devil. Ever wonder if your smartphone is possessed by a demonic force? If so, you might identify with Tawny Lindholm, a recent widow grappling with a new cell she believes was a gift. In fact, she’s targeted by a terrorist who’s using her… Continue reading
For years, my mystery novels won contests and attention from agents and editors…and rave rejections. Despite study, hard work, and persistence, my books remained unpublished. A key element was missing. But what? Several years ago I started following The Kill Zone blog about the same time I began a new novel titled… Continue reading
Do you love to write? Need some inspiration? How about up-to-date information on publishing and marketing? If so, join me at the Flathead River Writers Conference on September 23-24, 2017 in Kalispell, Montana. Two days of fun, education, camaraderie, and energy with bestselling authors, literary agents, and writers helping writers…. Continue reading
Instrument of the Devil is available for pre-order at Amazon and will be released October 10, 2017. Here’s the link. If you’re one of the wonderful folks who nominated it in the Kindle Scout contest, you should receive an email from Amazon for your free book. I hope you have… Continue reading
Similes, Metaphors, and Food A few days ago, after a brief but welcome rain shower washed the choking wildfire smoke from the Big Skies of Montana, I visited a friend’s cherry orchard on Flathead Lake. Because a glut on the market resulted in low prices, tons of fat glossy sweet cherries… Continue reading
UPDATE: As of 4/3/18, Kindle Scout is no longer accepting submissions. An interesting experiment but, sadly, it didn’t survive. My guest post about winning the Scout publishing contract appears today on my favorite writing blog, The Kill Zone.
[Sound of champagne cork popping] My suspense/thriller Instrument of the Devil “won” the Kindle Scout campaign! The eBook will be published by Kindle Press this summer. Here’s a thank-you toast to all the terrific readers who voted for the book! I couldn’t have done it without your wonderful help and support. When it’s available,… Continue reading
HOT NEWS! I entered my suspense/thriller Instrument of the Devil in the Kindle Scout contest, where readers choose which books they’d like to see published. A sample is online for thirty days, starting June 7. If you like the story, please nominate it. If Instrument of the Devil “wins” and Kindle Press selects it for… Continue reading
We might as well confess. As writers, we’ve been known to eavesdrop on conversations. We wonder, what is that couple at the next table squabbling about? Or we listen over the dressing room partition to young women anticipating their lovers’ reactions to lingerie they’re trying on. Or we’re stuck… Continue reading
UPDATE: As of 4/3/18, Kindle Scout is no longer accepting submissions. An interesting experiment but, sadly, it didn’t survive. By Debbie Burke Kindle Scout has been called American Idol for authors or a Slush Pile Popularity Contest. Amazon defines it as “reader-powered publishing.” Scout has now been around… Continue reading
