“Goshawk” is about a New York lawyer’s crafting of a loan sharking business in what was left of the Soviet Union after the Berlin Wall came down. That business became so successful that the Iraqis tried to steal it to…
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Thriller about an American teacher's being sent to a penal colony in Russia by an American religious court
Making Novels Exciting
A novel deserves to be compelling and exciting, more than just a collection of words. That can be best achieved by a skillful mixture of fact and fiction, drawn from the author’s life experiences, learning and objectives. Originality can draw…
Exciting Openings Grab Readers
One of my favorite examples of how accuracy and creativity enhance the appeal of a novel is from “Throw Momma from the Train,” In that film, Billy Crystal played a creative writing instructor. A female student announces she’s doing a…
Looking Ahead
I now have three exciting novels in print – “Goshawk,” “Stepping on Fingers,” and “Criminal Opera.” I’ve had mixed results with publishers and printers but Sheri Hauser, the publisher of “Criminal Opera,” has been truly exemplary. My job, at this…
Exciting Thrillers Continue
First, “Goshawk (34 5-stars on Amazon and growing),” “Stepping on Fingers” ramping up and now “Criminal Opera” moving toward the printer and release to thriller lovers everywhere. Each providing special entertainment from a different angle. Writing thrillers is not always…
Don’t Miss “Goshawk” and “Stepping on Fingers” on the way to “Criminal Opera”
Exciting action in “Goshawk” and “Stepping on Fingers” on the way to “Criminal Opera (on the way to the printers shortly):” How Lea escaped from Russian Penal Colony 627 in “Stepping on Fingers:” “However,” the doctor continued, “the Movement’s technicians…
Action Begins in “Stepping on Fingers”
Action begins early in “Stepping on Fingers” and continues at a torrid pace, toward my third book, “Criminal Opera”: “David yelled “do you remember me?” in his best rendition of an elderly Saudi woman, making sure to roll the “r,”…
Help to Delete Corrupt County Commissioner
Lea and Drak conspire to eliminate anti-American Franklin County’s Commissioner in “Stepping on Fingers:” “Befitting the senior position of his office, Commissioner Soames arrived in a leisurely fashion. As Wilemena Soames’s sparkling blue Honda Clarity Hybrid entered the lot, he…
First Terror of “Stepping on Fingers”
The frightening beginning of “Stepping on Fingers:” “Something was tearing into the base of my skull, a silent, ripping power drill. Sticky fingerprints of the last nightmare clouded my eyes. I desperately wanted to scour away their crusty residue…
High Noon in Camden, Maine
Lea’s back in America but still in danger in “Stepping on Fingers:” “…a tiny American flag dropped into a growing pool of water, blood, and home heating oil in the center of High Street. Eleven, twelve. High noon on Memorial…
