Continuity, especially in a longer novel with a complex plot, can be a real challenge. As the story evolves from the first draft, every aspect of the novel deepens with detail. The setting, from the time of day, time of year, climate, architecture, flora and fauna–the list is almost endless–becomes more defined on the second, […]
Posts Tagged ‘champagne books’
Where Art Thou, Continuity?
Posted: 14th October 2013 by jazzdog in Award Winning, Creativity, DIRTY WATER, Novel, Story, Texas, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, Uncategorized, WritingTags: author, champagne books, creativity, DIRTY WATER, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, Texas, writing
Virtual Book Tour Begins!
Posted: 12th August 2013 by jazzdog in Award Winning, Blog Tour, Book Release, Book Review, Crime, DIRTY WATER, Five Star, Novel, promotional giveaway, Texas, Thriller, UncategorizedTags: author, blog, books, champagne books, crime, DIRTY WATER, Five Stars, humor, novel, Richard Hacker, Texas
Week One of the DIRTY WATER Virtual Book Tour begin today! I’ll be at the Reading Addiction Blog Tours site for a Meet and Greet on Monday, August 12. Follow along as I visit other blogs with guest posts, reviews, and info on my latest novel in the Nick Sibelius series of humorous crime, DIRTY WATER. August […]
Books and Chocolate
Posted: 1st August 2013 by jazzdog in Digital Media, DIRTY WATER, Recipe, TOXIC RELATIONSHIPTags: blog, champagne books, crime, DIRTY WATER, mole sauce, recipe, Richard Hacker, Texas, toxic relationship
You may have read about the study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology recently which noted the beneficial effect of a mild chocolate aroma in the air on book buyers. I am quite confident in the results of the study, given the researchers were Belgian. A grad student at Ole Miss or a professor from […]
Coming In June: DIRTY WATER
Posted: 24th May 2013 by jazzdog in Book Release, Crime, DIRTY WATER, Marketing, Novel, Texas, Thriller, UncategorizedTags: author, book release, champagne books, crime, DIRTY WATER, eBook, fiction, humor, novel, Richard Hacker, thriller
An open and shut case of vandalism leaves more questions than answers for PI Nick Sibelius, as he untangles a knot of egomania, desire and greed. When entrepreneur Dan Hoyt makes a deal with virtual gaming icon, Izzy Zydeco, to partner in a desalination project Hoyt begins to count his money. Unknown to Hoyt, his […]
The Business of Writing
Posted: 20th May 2013 by jazzdog in Creativity, Marketing, Publishing, UncategorizedTags: author, blog, books, champagne books, creativity, eBook, novel, Richard Hacker, writing
Jane Friedman, who writes a blog on the business of writing, has shared an infographic which offers one of the better descriptions of the evolving publishing world. Often conversations about the many paths writers might take include a level of angst (oh my God, we’re all going to die!), defensiveness (my way is better than […]
Time just slips away…
Posted: 11th February 2013 by jazzdog in Critique Group, DIRTY WATER, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, Uncategorized, WritingTags: author, blog, champagne books, critique group, Richard Hacker, thriller, toxic relationship, writing
(Cue Willie Nelson) Funny how time just slips away… I took a blogging break in December and here it is February. I’m back! We’re in the “prep the literary contest submissions” season for writer conferences in the summer. I think I’m going to submit a short story to Pacific Northwest Writers Association called SWING THING. […]
Austin Book Release Party for TOXIC RELATIONSHIP
Posted: 30th December 2012 by jazzdog in Book Release, Novel, Story, Texas, Thriller, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, WritingTags: author, book release, books, champagne books, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, thriller, writer
Author Chat: Gary Eddings
Posted: 10th December 2012 by jazzdog in Author Interview, Book Release, Interview, WritingTags: author, blog, Buffalo Hump, champagne books, fiction, novel, writer
I want to welcome Gary Eddings to the blog. Gary has a new novel which has just been released this month, which I’m hoping he’ll be telling us about. First I’d like to take with you about work work as a write. I’m always curious about what jazzes creative artists. Where do you find the inspiration […]
Author Chat: Debra Easterling
Posted: 1st October 2012 by Richard Hacker in Author Interview, Creativity, Interview, Novel, WritingTags: author, blog, books, champagne books, creativity, Debra Easterling, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, Twenty Miles North of LVOV, writer, writing
I Want to Thank Debra Easterling for joining us today. Debra has a thriller coming out in October from Champagne Books called TWENTY MILES NORTH OF LVOV. And she’s currently working on a chic lit mystery, which I’m hoping we’ll find out about in our interview. Debra, before we get to TWENTY MILES NORTH OF […]
Blog Tour Week One
Posted: 17th September 2012 by jazzdog in Author Interview, Blog Tour, Book Review, Giveaway, promotional giveaway, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, WritingTags: blog, blog tour, blogging, champagne books, eBook, fiction, insidebjshead, jennifermcconnel, mydevotionalthoughts, Richard Hacker, tigrisedengardenofbooks, toxic relationship, writing
For the next four weeks, I’ll be on a blog tour sharing Toxic Relationship with readers. There will be interviews, excerpts from Toxic Relationship, book reviews and at a number of stops along the way, we’ll have a promotional giveaway for readers of the blogs — a $10 gift certificate for Amazon. Yeah, cool. So […]