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Waiting for Shadow going perma-free

Waiting for Shadow, as a prequel to the Tracking Jane series will soon gohas gone permanently free (a.k.a. perma-free) everywhere it’s sold. I’ve decided to do that as both a gift to my readers and to provide an introduction to the main part of the series. Notice I said “soon.” While Waiting for Shadow is […]

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When the side story becomes the main story

Sometimes, when you’ve been doing something for a while, even something you enjoy, you need a break. This became the case for me two months ago, when after working hard on the Our Cyber World series, I got the idea to write a short story about a wounded Army dog handler and her wounded German […]

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Waiting for Shadow, early release and download

I wanted to drop a quick note announcing that Waiting for Shadow, the prequel to the Tracking Jane series, is now available as a Smashwords free download. It is also available from the Kindle store where I hope to have Amazon recognize it as free download soon. Below I include a few details and a […]

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Vote for these covers for Brownie, episode 4 of the Tracking Jane series

Today I want to share a couple of candidate covers for episode 4 in the Tracking Jane series. This episode will feature a chocolate Labrador Retriever that Jane McMurtry trains as part of a sting operation against a Mexican Cartel. Most of the action will take place along the Mexico-US border. There Brownie and Jane’s […]

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Why I prefer my writing Organic

Today I address one of those topics that keeps coming among writers: pantsying vs. outlining. Or, as I prefer to term it, you know, to avoid derisive language, Organic vs. Planned writing. As the title to this post suggests, I like mine organic, than you. Why? Let’s work through a few pointers. If you want […]

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Planning and when the story takes its own course

I continue to have a great time writing the Tracking Jane series. Even though I like to free-hand my story-telling, I required a little planning for this series to sketch out how each episode serves an over-arching narrative and what aspect of Jane McMurtry’s life it covers within a self-contained story line. Still, as I […]

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When the story demands a flashback

As a reader, I find few things as annoying as a protracted, slow-moving, data dump of a flashback. For me, flashbacks tend to halt the progress of the narrative — as in, I hear the sound of screeching tires right before the thing hits an immovable concrete wall. For this reason, early on in my […]

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Rover comes out early

After yesterday’s quick announcement, another one follows today. After completing the final touches for Rover, episode 2 of the Tracking Jane series, I went ahead and released it today. It’s ready, so why not? Like we’ve discussed before, together with Shadow-7, these two episodes add up to a full novel length. If you haven’t picked […]

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Tracking Jane series news: updated covers, upcoming releases

Just wanted to drop a quick note to let my readers know some specifics of how the Tracking Jane series is going. First let me say what a moving experience it’s been for me to write this series. My respect and admiration for wounded veterans and what they go through to get on with their […]

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Story-tellers and their tools

Do the tools the artist uses to advance his craft matter, and if so to what extent? I recently faced this question in an endeavor I didn’t expect the answer to matter, namely in my writing. To facilitate writing on the go, anywhere writing, as it were, sometime I ago I procured a tablet with […]

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