Monday in Montenegro

Hi all and greetings from Montenegro, where I'm chilling out in the little seaside village of Budva for the month of September.  After a summer spent in Budapest, I was craving some time by the sea, so I opted to check out a place I've never been and ended up here.

It's definitely a relaxing place to be spending some time.  The tourist season is winding down, though there are plenty of visitors still around.  I'm working during the days, exploring the area a bit and swimming in the Adriatic.

So far, I managed to format London on Fire for paperback and got that one out on Amazon, and now I'm hard at work on the fifth book in the Nathan Grant series, tentatively titled Rome in Ruins.  I'm just getting started, but so far so good!  I think this will be a fun one, knock on wood.

That's it from this part of the world, I hope you're enjoying September, wherever this month finds you.

Summer winding down here...

Hi all, I'm here in my usual haunts of Budapest, Hungary, taking in the last of the summer.  I came here for the first time in 2009 to work on some writing for a few months and the place grew on me, so now I spend about half of my time here.

Currently, summer is shifting toward autumn, but you wouldn't know it from the weather, which is hot, in the mid to upper 90s F or 30s C.  Last weekend was the big national holiday here, St. Stephen's Day, which meant a huge fireworks display along the river.  It's always a spectacle.

As for writing, I was relieved to launch my latest Nathan Grant thriller on the same day, London on Fire, where Nathan is chasing members of a mysterious terrorist organization across England and Scotland.  It feels good to have released that one out into the wild to see what people think of it.  So far the reaction had been great, knock on wood.

In the meantime, I'm already sketching out the story for the next book in the series, which is tentatively titled Rome in Ruins.  I still have a long way to go, but hope to have it out by the end of February.  I'll keep you posted.

Otherwise, I hope you're enjoying the waning days of the season wherever you are in the world, summer or winter.  That's it for now, catch you later!

Cover Reveal for "London on Fire"

My designer, Damonza.com, finalized the cover for my latest Nathan Grant thriller, London on Fire, and I think it looks great!  This book will come out on August 20th, but you can check out the Amazon page now to see the description and pre-order a copy if you'd like.

I'm pretty happy with how this cover turned out, with the designer managing to keep the theme going from one to the next in the series. Now I just need to finish writing the book, but I'm past the halfway point and barrelling ahead! If all goes according to plan, this fourth book in the series will be out before you know it!

Old and New in Budapest

 Hello from Budapest on a lovely spring day.  I'm here settled in for another spell, working on my latest Nathan Grant novel, "London on Fire."  I started coming here to Budapest all the way back in 2009 and have spent part of each year here ever since.  I find that it's a great place to write, with tons of atmospheric cafes and libraries to settle in and get my work done.

The first year I arrived, fourteen years ago now, I took a bunch of photos of some of the more run down sights in the city, but a lot of those places have been fixed up in the meantime.  As a result, I decided to make it a project to go around and take photos in the same places for a before and after view.  Here they are, I hope you enjoy them!

 

 

"The Vienna Assignment" is here!

I'm happy to announce that my novella, The Vienna Assignment, is finished and available for free to subscribers to my newsletter! In this prequel to the Nathan Grant series, our hero is off to Vienna for his very first assignment with the CIA. Click on the cover below to get your copy:

Greetings from Bali

Hi all, just a quick post from Bali, where I am spending this month escaping from winter and working on my novella, The Vienna Assignment.  I'm very nearly finished with this one, which follows Nathan Grant's first assignment with the CIA in a flashback story.  This one will be free for subscribers to my newsletter, so if you'd like to read it but haven't signed up, you can do so here.

Otherwise, I thought I'd post some shots of my work places over the past few days.  Working in paradise is not so bad.  Next stop is back to Budapest, though, so I'm trying to appreciate the warmth while I can.

This last shot is where I'm sitting as I right this, on the veranda of the little bungalow I'm staying in for one more night in Ubud.  It is quite nice, as you can see.  That's it for now, but keep an eye out for The Vienna Assignment in just a few more weeks!