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Kovak’s Quest now available for preorder
Novak’s Quest, the second book in the Chief Novak series, will be released on July 12. You can preorder it now through Amazon. Preorders for the print addition will be added shortly
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The edits have landed
My editor has completed work on Novak’s Mission. I’m incorporating her changes now. A pre-order will be available on Amazon shortly.
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AI is changing writing
A fellow writer has directed me to an article in The New Yorker by Stephen Marche, “Computers are Getting Better at Writing,” which offers a glimpse into how AI is being used to enhance the writing process. It focuses on an artificial-intelligence application called Sudowrite that can suggest plot direction based on what you’ve already […]
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A statement is not a question
As a writer, I am alert to grammatical errors I encounter in my reading. One of the most frequent—and one I do not understand—stems from the inability of many writers to tell the difference between a statement and a question. In a book I am reviewing, I read the following: “He’d been trying to escape […]
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Riccardino: A novel way to end a series
I have been an avid fan of Andrea Camilleri’s Montalbano series since the first novel was translated into English by Stephen Sartarelli. Montalbano’s impudence in the face of self-serving bureaucrats has always been entertaining. Most plots were intricate and well resolved. The descriptions of Sicilian seafood specialties often sent me to my cookbooks in fruitless […]
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Lewis, the Scrivener 