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I’m giving away five free signed copies of Tiger in the Dark on Goodreads this week. Goodreads Book Giveaway Tiger In The Dark by Marisette Edwards-van Linden van den Heuvell Giveaway ends August 16, 2017. See the giveaway details at…

My apologies. I haven’t posted a blog entry since January. My excuse is that I didn’t want to bury the headline of Tiger in the Dark’s release. But the truth is, to me, writing a blog post requires creativity that…

I just returned from a most wonderful occasion in Hawaii: the wedding of my son Erik and his new wife Sarah. It was beautiful and uplifting, and a rollicking good time, too! Back in Pittsburgh just now I found the…

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At long last I have gone from “an aspiring author” to “a published author”! You can find Tiger in the Dark at amazon.com, Austin Macauley (the publisher), and pre-order a signed copy here (on back-order). Due to a pricing glitch, the signed…

Whoa, it’s nearly December already! If you’re in the Pittsburgh area and thinking about writing a book, sign up for the event my Australian mentor Andrew Jobling and I are holding together on December 6 at the Mystery Lovers Bookshop…

The cover is approved, and the release date is set for November 30!

Big news this week, people! The second set of proofs came in on Thursday. That means I’ll be focusing all my available time on reviewing the proofs for final approval. So this will be short and sweet. What happens next?…

My first experience losing someone’s trust was when I was eight years old. My dad asked me a question, and I made a gesture touching my forehead which, as I had learned from my Mexican schoolmates, meant, “I’m thinking”. Dad,…

Sometimes you just have to appreciate that something that could have been horrible turned out not to be. Yesterday I participated in the Wye Island Regatta, a 13.1 mile (half-marathon length) row around Wye Island where the Wye River empties…