The “Now, Discover Your Strengths” Approach to Social Media
Now, Discover Your Strengths is one of the very few personal improvement books worth the money. It’s been superseded by the awkwardly-titled StrengthsFinder 2.0 but the message is the same in the new...
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Cyber Monday – Murder in Ocean Hall for $0.99!
Get my book Murder in Ocean Hall for just 99 cents in this holiday offer exclusively for Kindle owners. My novel is a murder-mystery set in Washington, DC. Inspired by my experience in the city, Murder...
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Murder in Ocean Hall – 99 Cents for Kindle Owners
Did you get a Kindle for Xmas? Get my book Murder in Ocean Hall for just 99 cents in this holiday offer exclusively for Kindle owners. My novel is a murder-mystery set in Washington, DC. Inspired by my...
View ArticleAmazon’s Lending Library Empowers Readers and Writers
Booksellers and publishers criticize Amazon for destroying the clubby old world of publishing. Yet, for readers and writers, the online retailer is constantly rolling out new features to expand the...
View ArticleFree Kindle Books – All Weekend Long
In honor of my Irish heritage, you can get Kindle versions of both of my books for free all this weekend. Don’t Mess Up My Block is my newest novel. It’s a funny parody of self-help books that examines...
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Borrow My Books and Keep Me in Beer Money
There’s a reason why Amazon is such a titan in the e-book world – it delivers income to writers. It does so seamlessly, easily and without authors having to do anything. You don’t have to hound...
View ArticleChat with Me on May 12 About Murder In Ocean Hall
Join me on May 12 at 3 PM for an online chat about my novel Murder in Ocean Hall. My mystery about the murder of the world’s most famous ocean explorer is the first book club selection of the...
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Amazon Prime Members: Use Your Free Kindle Borrow
If you have Amazon Prime, you get to borrow a Kindle book each month from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Don’t let your September borrow go to waste! You have just a couple days left to use it....
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Murder in Ocean Hall – Free for Black Friday!
Murder in Ocean Hall is free for Black Friday! Normally $2.99, I’ve marked the price of the Kindle edition of my first novel down to zero. In this murder mystery, the world’s most famous oceanographer...
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Murder in Ocean Hall – The Reviews!
I’ve received some very nice reviews of Murder in Ocean Hall. This murder-mystery set in DC seems to have struck a chord with appreciative readers. Here’s a selection of reviews from Amazon: Joe Flood...
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Murder in Ocean Hall – The Perfect Inauguration Gift!
Beyond the pomp and ceremony of the Presidential Inauguration, there’s a whole other city, a real city, where people work and live in a world far removed from the ideals and monuments of the Washington...
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Murder in Ocean Hall – 99 Cents on Kindle
I’ve cut the price on my novel Murder in Ocean Hall to just 99 cents on Kindle! This murder-mystery is set in DC, but in the real city beyond the monuments. It makes a perfect gift for anyone who wants...
View ArticleThe Wallace Line Selected as Nelson Algren Finalist
My short story “The Wallace Line,” has been selected as a finalist in the 2013 Nelson Algren Awards sponsored by The Chicago Tribune. I was one of four finalists selected out of more than 1,000...
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Writing a Novel? Get Thee to a Coffee Shop
It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that everything is better with coffee. And even better in a coffee shop. I wrote Murder in Ocean Hall in a coffee shop. I reported every morning, as if I...
View ArticleGuest Post on Digital Book Today: Want to Be Productive? Get Thee to a Coffee...
Fueled by caffeine, surrounded by low chatter and the hum of background music, I am at my most productive. Something about being in a coffee shop just makes me want to get to work. I wrote my first...
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Coffeeneuring #1: Peet’s!
Dark roast coffee with my bike and the L Street cycletrack in the background. Coffeeneuring 1: Peet’s (17th and L) Date: October 4, 2014 Distance: Five miles Coffeeneuring has returned! The rules are...
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