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Author Over-Reacts, Part 2 – An Update On Literary Cluelessness
In my previous post (WTF! Amazon Loses Die By Wire Reviews – The Ugly Sequence) I noted the sudden disappearance of five of my 13 Die By Wire reviews. Well after my blog posts and Tweets and emails, I got a large number of return emails, DMs and IMs (some of them from bookstores telling […]
God. No God. Love & Liquor.
Presented here, two of my favorite short chapters of Die By Wire that show how two intelligent people — Mira Longbow and Jackson Day — can fall in love over an obscure Dutch liquor and an argument about the existence (or not) of God. Mira, for reasons described previously, has lost her faith in God. […]
Evil, Chocolate, Karamazov, Mira,Amsterdam
An excerpt from Die By Wire, following heroine Mira Longbow. Subconsciously, Mira let her feet follow her heart, tracking faint memory traces of a long-past summer day. Her feet soon carried her into an afternoon-shaded passageway. A score of steps later, she gazed at a ghost from her first visit to Amsterdam: a delightful pastry […]
The Warrior Gets Schooled By His Heart
EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER THIRTY – DIE BY WIRE Amsterdam The pain in Jackson Day’s right thigh eased off toward nothing as he jogged along the Emmastraat. What the hell are you doing? The what came easily: after leaving Mira, he checked out of the Schiphol Sheraton and into the Leideseplain Marriott. The why eluded him. […]
Mira Wrestles With Evil, Wins. Sort Of.
FREE KINDLE OFFER ENDS MIDNIGHT FEB. 20 DIE BY WIRE – CHAPTER ONE – CONTINUED Click here for previous excerpt from Chapter Three. Amsterdam Mira whirled, took the killer to the pavement then wrenched the knife from her hand. The killer shrieked, then bit Mira’s ear. Don’t tear. Don’t! Mira felt blood trickling down the […]
Indie Booksellers Tell Indie Authors To Go To Hell
Yesterday, I mentioned one of the dumbest things in the world of books: Hey Barnes & Noble: Stop Bitchin’ and Start Competing! But today comes an even dumber Amazon-bashing: ABA Says ‘No’ to Amazon Publishing QUIZ! Find the disconnect here: Ebooks and Amazon have hurt book stores, especially independents. Amazon has helped authors, especially independents. […]
Hey Barnes & Noble: Stop Bitchin’ and Start Competing!
I got an email from a friend this morning: On 2/8/2012 9:47 AM, Eric wrote: Good morning, Lew.I just got a Nook Tablet and tried to purchase Die By Wire.What’s up and when will I be able to get it? Eric Dear Eric: Attached is a free ePub of Die By Wire. Sorry you can’t […]
Wine, Art, Thrillers & Music: Smells Like Beethoven, Sounds Like A Forgery
A current article from The Economist provokes some intriguing questions about wine tasting, synaesthesia and environmental influences on perception of taste and quality. It’s one of my favorite topics. In one of my best-selling thrillers, Daughter of God, my heroine was an art expert with an uncanny ability to detect forged paintings. Her secret weapon: […]
Two More Reasons To Go Indie – Print Units Fell 9% in 2011
No additional commentary needed. These excerpts are from Publisher’s Weekly and show why legacy publishing is sinking. Print Units Fell 9% in 2011 “The final numbers from Nielsen BookScan are in for 2011 and they show that print sales through the outlets it tracks fell by just over 9% in the year. Total units sold […]
How To Send A Kindle Book As A Gift
Sure, Christmas and Chanukah are behind us (or way, way, ahead) but here comes Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays etc. And because there were a record number of ereaders sold over the holidays, giving someone a Kindle book as a gift fits the bill … especially if you’ve waited until the night before […]
