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WHISTLE SWITCH is live!

After hundreds of hours over several years, my latest novel, WHISTLE SWITCH, is now published and available for purchase on Amazon. Thank you to everyone who has followed me and helped out along the way. If you want to see where all this effort went, please pick up a copy and leave me a review.Continue reading “WHISTLE SWITCH is live!”

Whistle Switch final approach

I think this is it: the book may finally be ready for publishing. I received an author’s proof, and remembered that Amazon tends to print a little dark. I punched up the brightness of the cover image, which is a slight shame, as some subtleties in the details get lost this way. After a bitContinue reading “Whistle Switch final approach”

Cover Art for Novel: Complete

I ended up working on the design from the rough, more and more, until I started liking the way it popped against a sharp, digitized background. I decided not to have the original artist take it any further, and I finished the cover using the rough. Here is the completed design image, with the titleContinue reading “Cover Art for Novel: Complete”

First, true, published, author’s copy received — imagine my horror!

This is a quick lesson in double-checking your manuscript in Amazon’s previewer before accepting — particularly for the paperback edition. Before publishing, I spent (literally) dozens of hours proofreading and formatting my manuscript. I had ordered proof copies from Amazon and discovered some errors, including a significant mistake where my paperback manuscript was aligned leftContinue reading “First, true, published, author’s copy received — imagine my horror!”