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Release This Weekend

I am very excited to announce that In a Safe Town (fka Murder at Sutton’s Pond) will be released in eBook format this weekend, and available on Amazon. The paperback edition will be released next week, and will also be available on Amazon. I have been working on this novel for many years, and I am so happy to finally make it available to readers.

I continue to work on The Jade Dragon, my next mystery, and plan to have it ready for release in early 2017.

NaNoWriMo is just around the corner, and I plan to use the month to write the noir-style mystery prequel that I began this summer featuring Martin Schuller, who is the protagonist of my (unpublished) WWII spy novel The Swiss Conspiracy. I have a basic plot in mind, along with some secondary characters; I’ve done a little research, and I’m excited to see where the frantic pace of NaNoWriMo takes this story. This will be my fifth consecutive NaNoWriMo, and it is always a thrilling experience.

It is a very busy, but very exciting time!

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What I’m working on

It’s been a busy summer! I’m working on quite a few projects right now, in different stages.

First, Murder at Sutton’s Pond is going through its final revisions, and getting ready for cover design. I’ve been working on this story on-and-off for a really long time, so I’m very excited that it’s entering its final stages.

I continue to submit Gray Paree to literary agents. It’s gotten positive feedback, but no offers yet. I really believe in this story, so I continue to persevere.

I’ve begun revisions on The Jade Dragon, and I’m excited to get back to this story after almost a year.

I also recently started a new manuscript. It’s set in 1939 New York, and I see it as a noir-style detective mystery, with the same protagonist as The Swiss Conspiracy–so a prequel of sorts. I have been in edit mode on other stories for three months, and it felt really good to write something new again. I know I need to focus on the revisions to Jade Dragon right now, so the bulk of writing this new story may wait until NaNoWriMo in November.

I have another incomplete manuscript, set in 16th Century France during the Wars of Religion; I set this story aside in May at about 75k words, but I continue to workshop it with my monthly critique group. I have not drafted anything new with this story, but I make adjustments from the feedback of my critique partners. I really like the protagonist of this novel, and I’d like to see where his story ends up. Hopefully I’ll have time to get back to him before too long.

So, only five projects in the works at one stage or another. Busy summer!