A Cutthroat Update

I keep getting asked about more Cutthroat books, so I thought I’d clarify where we stand on those. I’m currently about halfway through writing #7, which will be called KICKOUT CLAUSE, for real this time. I hope to have the book out by the end of the year, but I can’t guarantee anything. Sometimes stuff happens, you Read More …

The Next Big Thing – take 4

Welcome, boys and girls, to another round of The Next Big Thing, this one courtesy of the fabulous Lexi George. If you haven’t read the fabulous Lexi’s books – starting with Demon Hunting in Dixie – you must. And just to whet your appetite, here’s the fabulous Lexi herself, reading the Weenie scene, at the Read More …

A tiny tidbit of Kickout Clause

Now that DIY-7, Home for the Homicide, is safely on its way to New York and Berkley Prime Crime – and a week ahead of schedule, too! – I am reading through the first 144 pages of Kickout Clause, the 6th Cutthroat Business mystery, preparatory to getting back to work on it. And I thought Read More …

The Next Big Thing

The fabulous Joyce Tremel threatened invited me to take part in this blog chain thing going around called The Next Big Thing. It’s for writers, and has to do with our WIPs – or Works in Progress, for the uninitiated. The deal is, someone tags you, you answer ten question about a new or recent project, Read More …

A Cutthroat Business – a few words on darkies, trailer trash, and other un-PC terms

So I got this 1-star review on Amazon yesterday, for A Cutthroat Business. I’ve been waiting for it, both because – when a book goes free – a lot of people download it who wouldn’t ordinarily buy it, but more because I figured it was just a matter of time before someone picked up on Read More …