Image via Wikipedia Mona Landau, an auburn-haired she-devil, became Johnny Denovo’s agent well before the events unfold in “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery.” Friction has defined their relationship, but soon it takes off in a romance tinged with intrigue. Mona has inspired admirers who want to see more of her, both in terms [...]
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Mona Landau — Who Would Play Her?
Posted in The Books, Thinking Out Loud on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“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 [...]
Read an E-Book Week: Get Johnny for 50% Off
Posted in News, The Books, tagged ebook, Green Monster, Smashwords on March 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It’s “Read an E-Book Week” as Smashwords, and your chance to get a copy of a Johnny Denovo mystery for 50% off the already low e-book price. Get “Spam & Eggs” or “The Green Monster” for $1.75 each now through March 13. Praise for “Spam & Eggs” This is a book that in fact puts [...]
Dealing with Denovo — Why a Busy Writer is a Non-Writing Writer
Posted in Mental Health, The Books, Thinking Out Loud on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I’ve wanted to retreat back into writing. Now, I have a busy life, so this isn’t a trivial desire, but I had hope — since the holidays, demands from Johnny Denovo have lessened. With the post-New Year lull, book signings have been few and far between, and other book marketing activities slowed to a [...]
PODPeople Reviews “The Green Monster”
Posted in News, The Books, tagged Add new tag, Detective fiction, Green Monster, Print on demand, Publishing, Publishing and Printing, Self-Publishing on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most disruptive innovations in book publishing is the rise and now mainstream adoption of print-on-demand publishing services. The quality of POD books can exceed those of offset books, and prices are approaching equivalency. So it’s appropriate that one of the most interesting review and discussion sites for POD books is called PODPeople. [...]
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 [...]



