Shadow Fields Screenplay Coming Along

Each milestone in this journey of becoming an artist has been deeply rewarding, even though the pressures are high and the rewards are nebulous. I like to set targets and stick to them, which makes the final push for any project a life-altering experience.

The Shadow Fields screenplay is coming along as expected. I finished a substantially edited version last week, and to be clear, I'm the editor. That means it was a lot of work. But rewarding? Absolutely. Each time I dive into the world of Shadow Fields, the characters reveal more and say things I never expected, even though I created them.

Now the screenplay is making its way to Southern California, where it will continue its journey into pre-production.

A Special Offer

Marketing has never been a big focus of mine when it comes to my novels. My passion has been and remains the creation of a unique canon of literary art. However, I do garner reviews and I've run a number of Buy X Get Y promotions on Amazon, where I've been co-marketed with literary masters such as F. M. Dostoevsky and many contemporary winners of the Pulitzer Prize and Man Book Prize. Needless to say, I find these associations flattering.

The books are highly topical, beautifully written and even essential, so with that in mind, I'm running Kindle promotions through August 31st on Dasha ($2.99) and Snooker Glen ($4.99). I've also dropped the regular price of Shadow Fields ($9.99), a prophetic book about Wall Street published in 2005, because Amazon no longer requests a Kindle price that is identical to the paper one. More people need to discover my books, which many readers tell me are treasures.

I appreciate and admire my readers, now several thousand strong in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. They're sophisticated and independent-minded book lovers. They're hip, savvy and well-informed. And they love a good time. They get what I'm doing and revel in it. So I dropped the Kindle prices with some trepidation: what if I end up attracting people who want mass manufactured beach reads, or worse, who want to read only the kinds of books that the dying New York publishing Establishment peddles? What if, by golly, the readers don't really like to think for themselves?

That might be a problem. I don't want a herd. I want a sophisticated following. So I'm monitoring this promotion carefully and may, if I decide it's not working as intended, end the program at year-end and suspend it indefinitely. Grab the chance while you can, and thanks in advance for your support!

Welcome!

With Amazon.com phasing out its author blog program, I know it's time to pack the wagon and move on. Although I've posted several hundred thousand words on other organizations' blogs, I've never had one to call my own. It's exciting! I hope you'll come back here in the future to see what I have to say.