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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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 »
“Entanglement” Cover Completed, Book Sent to Publisher
Posted in Looking Ahead, News, The Books, tagged Physics, Publishing on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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” [...]
The Cover Design for “Entanglement” — Coming Along Nicely
Posted in Looking Ahead, News, The Books, tagged Books, Design, Fiction, Mystery, Photography on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
New Interview and Contest on Backword Books
Posted in Looking Ahead, Looking Back, Mental Health, News, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged CHRISTOPHER MEEKS, Green Monster, Literature, Mystery, Novel, Writer on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Robots Read “Spam & Eggs” — or, Why Actors Get Paid Big Bucks
Posted in Excerpts, Looking Ahead, The Books on October 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]



