In 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) passed a rule requiring bloggers to disclose any tangible benefits they receive from their blogging. For new media book review sites, this rule has made it so that reviews in which the reviewer received a copy of the book, a token payment for doing the review, or anything [...]
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The Reviews You’ll Not See on Amazon
Posted in Housekeeping, Mental Health, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged Amazon, Federal Trade Commission, Review site on May 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” Receives Another Review
Posted in Housekeeping, News, The Books, tagged Andrew Kent, Green Monster, Literature, Mystery, Novel on January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Another review of “Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” is in, and this one is as glowing as the first. This new review is especially nice because the reviewer in question — someone I’ve never met, unfortunately — has reviewed all three novels, so provides both a nice review of the current novel but also [...]
The Denovo Trilogy Is Officially Complete!
Posted in Housekeeping, Looking Ahead, Looking Back, News, The Books, Thinking Out Loud on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A little over three years ago, when I started writing the first Johnny Denovo mystery, which would ultimately be called, “Spam & Eggs,” I never once thought that by the end of 2010 I would have three novels on the market. At that point, writing one novel — to completion, with a satisfying cast of [...]
Third Novel — “Entanglement” — Due Out in Late Fall
Posted in Housekeeping, Looking Ahead, The Books, tagged Green Monster, Johnny Denovo Mystery, spam & eggs on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image by .ash via Flickr The third Johnny Denovo mystery, entitled “Entanglement,” is nearing completion, and should be out this fall. The story picks up where “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” left off, and answers many questions from the first two mysteries, even one that only one reader I know of has picked [...]
“Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” Now Available for $0.99 on the Kindle
Posted in Housekeeping, News, The Books, tagged Add new tag, Amazon Kindle, Arts, Books, Fiction, Green Monster on May 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” is now available for the Amazon Kindle at the unbeatable price of $0.99. For less than a buck, you can enjoy e-reading the novel that has been praised as: a book that in fact puts the writing of a lot of very seasoned and famous mystery writers to [...]
Johnny Denovo Mysteries Available on the iPad through iBooks
Posted in Housekeeping, News, The Books, tagged Add new tag, Apple, E-book, ibook, IBookstore, IPad, Smashwords on April 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image via CrunchBase Thanks to Smashwords, both Johnny Denovo mysteries — “Spam & Eggs” and “The Green Monster” — are available for the recently released iPad through Apple’s iBooks store. The books look great on the iPad, and at $3.99 each, they are a bargain. Both are fast-paced, intricately plotted mysteries that follow the exploits [...]
Two New Reviews for “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery”
Posted in Housekeeping, Rich and Famous, The Books, tagged Add new tag, Boston Red Sox, Green Monster, Mystery on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Two new reviews are singing praises for “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” — one at the Joy of Sox blog, another at IndieReview.com. The Joy of Sox (an excellent Boston Red Sox fan blog) has this to say: For anyone that likes mysteries, I can’t imagine The Green Monster not being a satisfying [...]
Working on the Third Book, and It’s Exciting!
Posted in Housekeeping, Looking Ahead, The Books, tagged Arts, Fiction, Writers Resources, Writing, Writing Exercises on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia I’ve recently had some time on trains and planes to work on the third Johnny Denovo mystery, “Entanglement,” and I’m finding myself excited by the possibilities the book has to mystify and entertain. The first two books (“Spam & Eggs” and “The Green Monster“) have been widely praised as well-written, fast-paced, exciting, [...]
Enter to Win “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery”
Posted in Housekeeping, News, The Books on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]



