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Adventures in Book Marketing—I Went to TikTok So You Didn’t Have To
I am not a social media person. I’m a 59-year-old adult with college and graduate degrees, a long attention span, a deep suspicion of any technology designed to make people dance in their kitchens, and a general belief that most things worth doing can be accomplished...
Newsletter — February 2026
Worth Your Weight In Pie (Action Requested in This One!) Field notes from the world of the Silas Lopez Mysteries. (Pre-orders Just Opened!) ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ...
Career Milestone Unlocked! ✅
When I started out on this journey toward becoming a fiction author, I had no idea what to expect. It turned out to be a lot harder, a lot more entrepreneurial, and a lot more work than I anticipated. The writing and editing are the stumbling blocks people typically...
Inside the Scene: Foggy Salt Marsh
The Scene Excerpt: The Washashore, Chapter 37 When they’d crossed the low bridge over the salt marsh, the remaining traces of dawn fog drifted between the reeds and out over the marsh’s main channel. It filtered the gathering light and nearly obscured the doe crossing...
Seeing Before Writing
(Photo gallery at bottom) Long before I started writing fiction, I was walking around with a camera. That habit trained me to notice light, edges, and small telling details—the same raw material I now use to build scenes with words. Photography taught me how much of...
Newsletter — January 2026
Worth Your Weight In Pie Field notes from Christopher about the Silas Lopez mysteries ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ...