One of the minor drawbacks of publishing books independently (meaning outside the New York publishing world) is that few Indie books garner reviews. While it’s debatable that newspaper reviews have a great impact on sales, when a reviewer as perceptive
Been reading a lot during these last few months. More than usual and not just because of the pandemic. When I finished Bad Axe back in the spring, I decided to wait a while before beginning the next one. A
Just wanted to thank, belatedly, Lon Shapiro, of Guttman Shapiro Creative Group for his excellent work on the cover of Bad Axe as well as a knockout Book Trailer, and a complete redo and update of the website. Lon also
I can’t always recall the exact starting place for each novel. Usually there are several seemingly unrelated ideas kicking around in my head for a while and some mysterious fusion occurs between them that points me toward a starting place,
I was born on the Fourth of July, so independence was one of those multi-syllabic words I learned early. One of my most vivid memories from my youth was when I was eight or nine accompanying my dad to the
(The Florida Presbyterian College tennis team, 1968. That’s me, kneeling, second from right. With hair.) I started playing tennis in the early Sixties on a pitted asphalt court next to the basketball gym in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. My buddy Bryan Lesueur
I doubt that Thorn knows who the president is. Without a TV and no sign of newspapers or magazines in his day-to-day existence, it’s unlikely he knows much about current events or pop culture. He’s a reader of books, but
I’ve finished a draft of the new Thorn novel (#15) and, I admit, it has an odd title. Usually I’ve opted for titles that have some nautical aspect or hint at its Florida locale. But this time the title uses
I’m working hard on a new Thorn novel. A bit more than halfway through. This one has been delayed by a couple of medical issues. First, in the fall of 2018, I decided to face the increasing arthritic pain in
Artificial Intelligence. The more you look at that phrase, the stranger it gets. As I was reading a fascinating article in the New Yorker recently about AI, I came across this quote about the struggles of trying to
