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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 [...]

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Two firm steps toward publication of the third Johnny Denovo mystery were taken this week. First, the text was completed and sent to the publisher. Second, the cover design was completed and approved. Entitled “Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” the third book in the series picks up where “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” [...]

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My third novel, “Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” will be out in late fall 2010, and the cover design is coming along nicely. Designed by a superb professional designer using photography by an artist found via Flickr, the cover is meant to convey the abstract concept of entanglement, which plays many roles in the novel. [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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Christopher Meeks, author of “The Brightest Moon of the Century” and a member of Backword Books, interviewed me recently about the Johnny Denovo mystery series, the writing process, the concepts behind the books, and other matters of interest to readers and writers. Here’s a brief excerpt: CHRISTOPHER MEEKS: Your third book is due early next [...]

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  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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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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I’ve been a member of the indie author consortium Backword Books for a few months now, and the talent and dedication of this small group is amazing. Here’s a video that R.J. Keller put together showing the books and the rationale for the group at the same time, and in a compelling way:

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