“If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical joke? All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again.”
~ KURT VONNEGUT
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It’s a mini-milestone! HARM’S WAY has just entered the Top 10 in Amazon’s hard-boiled mystery category. Originally published by St. Martin’s Press in 1992, I revised it extensively in 2012 (see backstory here) and republished it with Amazon and Smashwords.
Since December of last year I’ve offered it FREE on Smashwords to allow people to sample my writing, and thus promote my three other mystery thrillers. During this period, Amazon has toggled the price of Harm’s Way back and forth between free and $0.99. To date, there’ve been almost 15,000 downloads.
So if you like a very fast-paced mystery with a dose of hard-boiled action and dialog, and you don’t get your knickers in a knot over the occasional references to astrology (see that other story here), then scoop up a copy sooner than later.
Have a great day. As for me, I’m celebrating over breakfast with mimosas and — what else? — hard-boiled eggs !
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HARM’S WAY
Montreal investigator with astrologer girlfriend searches for politician’s runaway daughter, only to become embroiled in a plot of corruption, decadence, greed and murder.
(digital $0.99, paper $8.99)
http://www.amazon.com/Harms-Way-ebook/dp/B005LVXIA2
“Writing is like going on a very long walk across valleys and mountains, and you get your first view and write it down. Then you walk a bit further, maybe onto a hill, and you see something else and write that. You go on day after day, getting different views of the same landscape. The highest mountain on the walk is the end of the book, because it’s got the best view, when you look back and see everything you’ve done all ties up. But it’s a very long, slow process.”
~ ROALD DAHL
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“I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don’t rush into adulthood, it isn’t all that much fun.”
~ Bob Newhart, b. 5 September 1929
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“Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment, learn inner independence, learn to trust that time will sort the good from the bad – including your own bad.”
~ DORIS LESSING
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“I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.”
~ Beyoncé Knowles, b. 4 September 1981
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“I wish you good writing and good luck. Even if you’ve already done the good writing, you’ll still need the good luck. It’s a shark-filled lagoon out there. Cross your fingers and watch your back.”
~ MARGARET ATWOOD
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