Some time's gone by, so I think I can talk about conference experience I had this year in a college town in the Northeast. I apologize ahead of time if this post seems labored and without a clear point. I traveled to the town by amtrak rail that connected with an amtrak-contracted bus line, and that was the part of the trip that I was most anxious about before leaving, but I needn't have been. The trip was smooth, the connection was easy, and to my delight, the bus terminal w

Folks following the New Royal Mysteries might recall that Book 2 of the series was composed under the working title, The Clerk of the Orphans' Court, which was a short-lived government office title in Ohio's early history, and is the occupation of one of the main characters in the novel, Abraham Horup, the cousin to the founder of New Royal. Abraham is naive and earnest, and treats his position in New Royal's earliest administration as a sacred duty, but he makes mistakes of

Howdy all--My page has been inactive for several months as we re-haul the site and as I busily write Books 2 & 3 of The New Royal Mysteries. Book 2: Crybaby Lane is due out in September, and you can get a sneak peek of the amazing cover below. The process for designing this cover was thrilling, as Don Kramer, the Director of Sales & Marketing for Pandamoon Publishing, conducted an online video-chat workshop with me, the publisher, and a few other Pandas to experiment with bas