New! Renovations to the Burrow
It was time to dig for some more room here at the Burrow, so I’ve made perhaps the most changes at one time since I built the place. The Collection is the start of a series. The DeWitt Agency Files … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: the collection
Life Imitates Art
A post for my blog went free-range on me and ended up on Criminal Element. It’s a true-crime story that may sound a mite familiar if you know what The Collection is about: “In December 2002, two burglars broke into … Continue reading →
The new face of The Collection
This is the final cover for The Collection. It’s surprising how consistently this version was the first pick for the people I asked, including my favorite indie bookstore owner. It reminds me of 1960s Saul Bass movie posters — appropriate, since … Continue reading →
The Collection Cover Beauty Pageant Continues
If you can, please do me a favor: go to my Facebook author page and look at the latest cover concepts for The Collection. (It’s a public page, so you don’t need to belong to Facebook to see it.) The … Continue reading →
Rolling Rolling Rolling
The wheels are rolling on The Collection. I’ve applied for a copyright; I have working Kindle and ePub editions; and the cover art is underway. I’ve tentatively set 31 October as the release date — we’ll see if everything comes … Continue reading →
The Collection is Coming out of Storage
Remember The Collection? The first installment in my new DeWitt Agency art-crime series? Yeah, maybe not so much. What happened to that, anyway? What happened is that I started querying agents, a process that hasn’t improved since the last time … Continue reading →
“Crimes Against Art” YouTube Channel
I’ve started a new side project — a YouTube channel called “Crimes Against Art.” It started as (a) a way to organize some of the research material I’ve found over the years, and (b) a way to learn how YouTube … Continue reading →
Fake is for real
My work-in-progress Fake — a rewrite of a 2009 attempt at an art-crime mystery — now has a beginning, middle and end all in the same file. I hesitate to call it “finished,” because it’s a long way from that, but … Continue reading →
Out of the Burrow: Appearing in LIT UP! Orange County
I’ll be one of two authors featured in the special first-anniversary edition of LIT UP! Orange County 7-9 p.m. on 19 May at Kean Coffee, 13681 Newport Ave #14, Tustin. LIT UP! is a monthly literary salon sponsored by Pure … Continue reading →
Faking It
Enough people have asked me this question that I figured I finally need to answer it: other than reviewing movies, what have I been doing? I’ve been writing something new. Except it’s old. Back in 2007, inspired by a trip … Continue reading →