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Archive for October, 2009

  Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing RJ Keller, author of “Waiting for Spring,” a great novel about a woman in Maine dealing with divorce, rediscovery, and reinvention. The interview can be found at Backword Books, where she and I are part of a consortium of independent literary authors. Not only is the interview [...]

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The secret behind the author of “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” and “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” has been revealed, thanks to a podcast from the Copyright Clearance Center’s “Beyond the Book” audio program. Christopher Kenneally interviewed me in mid-October about the inspiration for the books, what I’ve learned through the [...]

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Another strong review has appeared for “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery.” I’m especially happy with this one, since it’s from a reviewer who praised the first book as well. With a series, you want to keep improving, and it seems I’ve been able to do that: In “The Green Monster,” Johnny Denovo takes [...]

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Today, under my real name, I’m the featured post on a great mystery book blog called MurderBy4. In the post, I talk about how the inspiration emerged for my Johnny Denovo mysteries and the concepts underpinning the series, but with a dose of reader-centric pragmatism: a highbrow concept is often the last thing you want [...]

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Over at GoodReads, I’m running a contest for 1 of 2 copies of “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery.” Already, a couple hundred people have entered. The contest ends November 4th, 2009, so enter now! Remember, this is a book reviewers have raved about: Looking for an absorbing mystery that is chock full of [...]

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In this scene, two robots discuss the objects called “books,” how humans used them, why humans enjoyed them (hint: it involves the limbic brain), and other subtleties of literature. More specifically, they discuss what they know of two books, “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” and “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” including [...]

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A new site called Xtranormal.com allows you to put in a script, add some actions, and generate a movie with computer speech and computer-animated characters. Here’s a scene from “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” in this format. Johnny and Mona are deliberating over a scrap of paper found in Winthrop’s hotel garbage by [...]

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Two new reviews for “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” have appeared, both praising the book’s fast-pace, engaging characters, absorbing plot, and excellent writing. Looking for an absorbing mystery that is chock full of twisting plots and tantalizing clues? A mystery which is too intricate to be solved by reading the first few pages? [...]

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In this scene, Johnny is killing time before another Red Sox game. This time, he and Tucker are planning on scoping out Fenway to see if their theories have an observable basis in fact. Since Schwartz likes the bar at the Top of the Hub, Johnny visits: The elevators up to the Top of the [...]

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