Category: Novels
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Outsider: Nine Days
Nine days to go! Here’s another tidbit for you. 9. Sean’s not in Windeport any more. Well, technically that’s not entirely true – we do find our intrepid detective starting off in the small seaside village he calls home in the opening pages of Outsider. As it happens, Sean winds up being asked by a…
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Countdown: Ten Days Out
I’m a little bit in awe that it’s already mid-February. When I set the publication date for my second book, Outsider, it seemed like it was much further away than it truly was; as you might expect, I’ve had a flurry of last-minute activity doing final adjustments and otherwise ensuring everything is just so and…
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Edits
I’ve been quieter than normal here for a few reasons. It is the first of the year, which is a busy time for us at my day gig; with the pandemic still raging, most activities are still being conducted remotely for safety, but that doesn’t seem to reduce the amount of work we do (go…
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Hardcover is available!
It took longer than I thought to get it out, but the hardcover version of Blindsided is finally available. I have to admit, it’s pretty cool having three different editions available; I’m nearly done reading through the Kindle version (for the first time as a reader) and will tackle the hardcover next, just to get…
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Working Ahead
I’ve been alternating between the final edits on the second book in the Sean Colbeth series, Outsider, and the latest book which, surprisingly, will be the fifth. It’s a bit hard to believe I’ve put as much down on virtual paper as I have, but I suppose in retrospect, it’s one of the few bright…
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Chapter Titles
Up until my most recent novel, I didn’t assign a name to my chapters other than their number (i.e. “One” or “Thirty-Three”). While I generally have an idea of the theme for each chapter, it wasn’t until I switched to using Scrivener this past November that I was forced to actually think about using them;…
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Drive-Thru
If you are following along, you know I’m in the process of editing the next book in the Sean Colbeth series; I find it an intriguing experience coming back a few months after putting the manuscript to bed and reading it from the top, adjusting as I go. Blindsided managed to add a few thousand extra…
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They’re Real To Me
Although Blindsided is my first published work, I’ve written stories off and on for years now. And in each of them, I’ve always felt the characters were actual people, fully fleshed out and replete with emotions, thoughts and motivations that I might not always understand. The tricky part as an author is to display that depth on…
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Hi! I’m Chris.
Welcome to my corner of the universe! I’m a IT nerd by day, and novelist by night. You can find my books on Amazon, including Blindsided, the first in a new series featuring Sean Colbeth and his trusty number two, Vasily Korsokovach. As I do have a day job, the second book won’t be out until February, 2021, with the third appearing…