Being a detective in the city of Boston is no easy task, and with the crime rate sky high, law enforcement is the only hope of getting things back in order. One of the best detectives in the state is Thomas Kent, a hard-nosed, by the book type, who doesn’t bend the rules for anyone. With the help of his department, he has taken down some of the biggest criminals in the city, and has also made a lot of enemies as well. For years he has battled with the biggest drug kingpin in

As the summer comes to a close I had a good amount of time to travel to a couple of different countries. One of the most important things I did this summer was to focus on reading a lot of other authors work. My personal favorites are John Grisham and Kate Moretti (they both might be tied for first). As fiction writers our minds have to be a bit twisted at times just to think of some of the shit we come up with. I mean a character in my book dies every other chapter (just kid

It's important for me to take time every month to highlight one of my fans. A lot of authors don't believe in the 'ONE FAN AT A TIME' strategy but to me that's the most important thing for me in being an author. It takes a lot for one of my readers to sit and read a 200 plus page book which I hope they might like. These days people's attention spans are very short. I hear all the time that people don't take the time to read physical books anymore. In the era of fifteen second

One of the most important things in my life is appreciation. In the dictionary the word appreciation can be described as, recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something. To recognize the good qualities in someone is truly an amazing thing. You actually show that person that they are worth your recognition. In today's society of social media we tend to forget about simple things like telling someone thank you for a nice gesture or complimenting our sig

In this first installment of The Book Talk blog I reached out to author Julia Blake to talk about her life as an author and her current projects. Julia was born and raised in the lovely historic market town of Bury St Edmunds, where she still lives with her daughter. She has been writing ever since she was old enough to pick up a pen, writing plays for my friends to act out at break time. She attempted her first novel at age thirteen. Of course, due to her age and lack of exp