A friend on facebook, who also runs a book-review blog called “Shattering Words,” shared this photo with me, and even though I’m a writer, it took me a while to figure out what it meant. (Maybe I was brain dead ...
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Feed SubscriptionBook Review: The Survival of Thomas Ford by John A. A. Logan
The premise for the book is simple. The novel’s story takes place in a Scottish, mountaneous town near a loch. Thomas Ford and his wife are riding in his car when suddenly they come up to a blind curve just ...
Read More »The silent death of literary magazines: Who’s to blame?
I felt a sense of being buried alive when I recently visited Wet Ink’s website and saw this note: Wet ink is closing down It is with great regret we have to announce that Wet Ink is closing down after seven ...
Read More »Amidst Traffic is now available as a FREE Sample Download!
Hey everyone! I’ve created a FREE Sample Edition of “Amidst Traffic” for readers to try out without having to pay anything! I decided to use a different cover image for the Sample Edition so not to confuse buyers. The FREE ...
Read More »A character interview: Figuring out what your characters want
When I was studying at Fiction writing at Pitt, I had a professor, Jeff Martin, who had us do a really clever exercise. He gave us the assignment to interview one of our characters. He said that sometimes to figure ...
Read More »Pitt News: Pitt grad applies degree to find religious connections in book
The Pitt News recently published a feature article on Amidst Traffic. Quinn Keaney, the journalist, did a great job articulating my intent for the book and adding a good amount of context and personality to the piece. Story after the break…
Read More »Writing a professional press release
(This article was first published by Blogging Authors) A few weeks ago, the Pittsburgh City Paper featured my book Amidst Traffic both in their paper and online. I achieved this for free by crafting a quality press release, requiring ...
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