Cognitive psychologist who writes fiction.
When you publish a book, you’re supposed to go on a book tour to promote it. Everybody knows that. You schedule appearances on the major late-night talk shows and publish reviews in the Times and the Post. You can also … Continue reading →
My new psi-fi novel, Alien Body, is released September 1, 2019. It’s the first in a series featuring my favorite alien, Phane Vikos, who looks like a large green tennis ball, with arms, legs, and a head. Oh, yes, and … Continue reading →
I have a new nonfiction book coming out in October: Publish Your Novel Online for Under $500: A Step-by-step guide for Writers. It’s available now as a Kindle ebook preorder. Is it about consciousness? Only in the sense that publishing … Continue reading →
The first volume of my new trilogy starring Phane, the green alien from the star Vikos, is relatively done, “doneness” always being a subjective judgment in writing. I’ve re-written, edited, and double-AI-grammar-checked. I have a cover design. I have uploaded … Continue reading →
Writer Dorothy Parker once said, “I hate writing. I love having written.” Writing is a love-it and hate-it process. I love the creativity of it, of bringing characters and their worlds to life. That’s the magic that keeps any fiction … Continue reading →
Intelligent Things, the third novel in the Newcomer Series, is available for pre-order on Kindle. It is released May 1, 2019. The 6×9 paperback is out on Amazon now. You can also download it as an ebook for Kindle or … Continue reading →
The annual Tucson Festival of Books just ended. As always, it was a massive event thronged with book lovers. I spent several hours staffing a booth for the Arizona Mystery Writers. I am a longtime member. I didn’t have any … Continue reading →
As the third and final installment of the Newcomers series marches toward publication (Intelligent Things, due on May 1, 2019), I am working on a completely different approach to psychological sci-fi, or psi-fi. I am succumbing to the cliché of … Continue reading →
Why do all children, all over the world, in all cultures, start speaking at about 18 months old and become chatterboxes by age two? This happens whether they are given explicit instruction or not. But it doesn’t happen if they … Continue reading →
As the New Year’s release date approaches for the second novel in the Newcomer Series (Alien Talk), I’ve been furiously re-reading it, which, as any author will tell you, means re-writing. It is not possible to read one’s own work … Continue reading →