What's the difference between self-editing and a full rewrite of a manuscript, i.e., a draft? The author gives her opinion. Plus a reading of a free excerpt of Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules.

Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules is on sale all this month. The eBook is only 99¢ to download, and there'll be some free days later in the month. You can download Spy Flash III HERE.

Life happens, and you don't get to do a podcast this week. We'll be back next week--after the local elections.

This month's sale book is Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules. The eBook is only 99¢. You can find it HERE.

See you next week.

The author extols the creative benefits of National Novel Writing Month and relates which of her published works got started there. You can still sign up to participate in NaNoWriMo HERE.

If you live in a state that has an election cycle this year for state and local governments, make sure you vote, and the author explains why that's important.

The 2021 novel LOVE DEATH, a NaNoWriMo project from several years ago, is FREE from 10/26/23 to 10/30/23, and you can download it HERE.

The author clarifies how long she'll keep writing and discusses the meaning of the reader magnet PROLOGUE TO RENDITION. Context is everything.

PROLOGUE TO RENDITION is available to purchase in eBook and paperback HERE.

The October book on sale, Love Death, is on sale HERE.

The author discusses what's in the pipeline for publication for the next few years, plus a reading from the October sale book, Love Death.

Today and tomorrow are the last two days to preorder PROLOGUE TO RENDITION, the reader magnet for the concluding novel of Meeting the Enemy, RENDITION. You can still preorder (at the special price of 99¢) HERE.

Love Death, this month's sale book, can be ordered with reduced prices for the eBook and print editions HERE.

The author gives some background on October's book-on-sale, Love Death, and on the reader magnet, Prologue to Rendition. Turns out the author had a lot of good story ideas in the 1990s, but she's a much better writer now.

You can find Love Death at amazon.com/dp/B08QDLXBCS.

You can preorder Prologue to Rendition until 10/13 at amazon.com/dp/B0CJ7C6FBL.

An homage to the original "international man of mystery," Ilya Kuryakin as portrayed by actor David McCallum who died this week.

The Self-Inflicted Wounds trilogy and reader magnet remain on sale through 9/30/23. amazon.com/dp/B08L3886FP.

Prologue to Rendition, the reader magnet for the concluding novel of the 9/11 series Meeting the Enemy is now available for preorder. amazon.com/dp/B0CJ7C6FBL

The three novels and the reader magnet that comprise the trilogy SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS are FREE to download through 9/24/23. amazon.com/dp/B08L3886FP

Also, the final reader magnet for my 9/11 series, MEETING THE ENEMY is now available for preorder. PROLOGUE TO RENDITION has a preorder-only price of 99¢, so reserve yours now. amazon.com/dp/B0CJ7C6FBL

The author reflects on the Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity (C3) Con and reviews the first two episodes of the Netflix series, Spy Ops.

All three books in the Self-Inflicted Wounds trilogy plus the trilogy reader magnet are 99¢ each for the eBooks all this month. Look for some free days next week at amazon.com/dp/B08L3886FP.

The author provides some background on book 1 of her Self-Inflicted Wounds series, Welcome to Belgrade.

Books 1 (Welcome to Belgrade), 2 (Dangerous Truths), and 3 (And Justice for All), plus the series reader magnet Dateline: Belgrade, are on sale for 99¢ each for the eBooks. amazon.com/dp/B08L3886FP.

The author will signing her books the evenings of 9/9 and 9/10 at the Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity Con (C3). Go to creaturescrimesandcreativity.com for all the details.