by Tom | Sep 23, 2021 | John Tyler thrillers, Things I Wrote, Writing
Below is the first chapter of Lost Highway, the upcoming John Tyler thriller. Nothing in John Tyler’s life prepared him for this. He’d felt similarly before. Not ready. In over his head. The first time he went on a Special Operations raid in Afghanistan. When Lexi was...
by Tom | Sep 12, 2020 | John Tyler thrillers, Things I Wrote, Writing
Below is chapter 1 of my upcoming action thriller The Mechanic. It’ll be the first book in the John Tyler series. A preorder link follows at the end. === “There you go. Line it up and squeeze the trigger.” John Tyler directed his daughter Lexi using the...
by Tom | May 19, 2019 | C.T. Ferguson Mysteries, Things I Wrote, Writing
I’ve had a couple readers reach out to me and ask why the C.T. Ferguson mystery series is ending. Short answer: it’s not. Longer answer: it’s an open-ended series. I just released the fifth book, Daughters and Sons. Amazon displays this is...
by Tom | Nov 10, 2017 | Reviews, Writing
Thor: Ragnarok (let’s just call it Thor 3 for short) is raucous, good fun. It features good action scenes, some great images, plenty of laughs, and a story that moves the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) forward. There are some moments where it’s a little...
by Tom | Oct 22, 2017 | Book marketing, For writers, Writing
I can say I had a six-figure book launch. Yes, the launch of The Reluctant Detective hit six figures . . . if you give me the decimal point and four places after. It’s only been out for two weeks, so I’m not panicking. I didn’t expect to becomes...
by Tom | Aug 26, 2017 | Craft, Things I Wrote, Writing
Not every idea germinating in a writer’s mind is a novel. Some are short stories. One that gets trapped between those two is a novella. Novellas don’t get a lot of love. Everyone wants to write novels. Readers want to read novels. Some writers will put out...
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