A lot of people tell me Monticello in Holland Bay and The Dogs of Beaumont Heights feels real. Little details… Read more How To Build A Fictional City
Category: Holland Bay
A Word About Pits
If you read The Dogs of Beaumont Heights, you might get the impression I’m afraid of pit bulls. In reality,… Read more A Word About Pits
Monticello
When I shopped Holland Bay around, many people pointed out how real the city of Monticello seemed. My brother-in-law swears… Read more Monticello
Jessica Branson
A lot of people ask me who the main character of the Holland Bay series is. It is, of course,… Read more Jessica Branson
The Dogs Of Beaumont Heights – An Excerpt
The Dogs of Beaumont Heights is now available. Jessica Branson returns riding high off the end of Ralph Smithers, Monticello’s… Read more The Dogs Of Beaumont Heights – An Excerpt
The Dogs Of Beaumont Heights
The dogs are coming. January 16th. The Dogs of Beaumont Heights arrives, Book 2 of the Holland Bay series. Jessica… Read more The Dogs Of Beaumont Heights
Point of View
I attempted to write a second follow-up to Holland Bay this summer. It reached sixty thousand words when I realized… Read more Point of View
Holland Bay Can Be Yours
Psst… Gonna let you in on a little secret. I’ve got four author copies of Holland Bay in my office.… Read more Holland Bay Can Be Yours
Writing the Next One
Holland Bay has only been out a couple of months, and yet the question always turns to “When’s the next… Read more Writing the Next One
Where Did Monticello Come From?
Holland Bay did not start out as Holland Bay. It came together from several aborted projects: A pre-9/11 thriller where terrorists… Read more Where Did Monticello Come From?