When the Creative and the Commercial Come Together

It’s sweet, isn’t it? You have a sudden epiphany that something you’re doing in your current novel might have a negative commercial impact on a different novel. It can make a reader uncomfortable when a writer starts out glorifying a violent vigilante in one story,...

Early Reviews – His First His Second

So, I told myself I’m not going to be one of those writers who constantly crows about his great reviews and quotes them every few days.  However, it’s still early in the life of His First His Second, so I guess I have to whore myself around a bit and push...

American-ese vs Britishisms

This week there was a fairly interesting discussion over at KindleBoards regarding why some Americans cannot stand to read British English in novels. Some readers, apparently, go so far as to dish out a one-star review for bad grammar and terrible spelling errors, and...

Begging and Thanks

It’s an odd situation to be in. As I write this, my novel His First His Second has been available for sale on pretty much every e-book medium going, including places I’d never heard of until I signed up to Draft2Digital. So in addition to the essential Kindle, I’m on...

His First His Second Author Q&A

Having been quizzed by friends and family on my debut novel His First His Second, I put together a quick Q&A Q: Alicia Friend is kind of an oddball, isn’t she? A: I’d say she’s unique. She knows who she wants to be and she doesn’t compromise. Most police officers...