This book took a while, but I hope it was worth the wait. It's available on Amazon for Kindle and in paperback. In the meantime, I'm back in Budapest, enjoying some nice autumn weather.
I can hardly believe I haven't updated my blog in seven months, I'm really slacking off! They certainly have been eventful months, bouncing from Budapest to southern France and Corsica, and ultimately back home to California where I'm writing this on a warm October day in Orange County.
My home town is Riverside, California, just outside Los Angeles, but I haven't actually lived there since I was eighteen years old. In fact, I rarely make it out there at all anymore, ever since my parents pulled up stakes and moved to closer to the coast in 1990. But last week, I had a good excuse to head over to my old stomping grounds.
A friend I hadn't seen in thirty years was in town, so I drove out and spent the day checking out my old high school and parts of the city. It hadn't changed all that much. Downtown there is the Riverside Mission Inn, which is an institution, and we enjoyed wandering around inside and checking it out.
If I ever end up needing to book a hotel in this city, I'll certainly stay here! After two months here in California, though, I head out tomorrow to return to my other home of Budapest, where I look forward to settling back in and catching up with friends.
On the writing side of things, I'm putting the finishing touches on Rome in Ruins and should have it out on schedule later this month. I'm excited to get it out there, I think this one is a fun story. It follows Nathan as he takes a job in Rome on the security detail for a famous Italian actress. What could go wrong? Well, if you're Nathan Grant, plenty. Three more weeks and the book will be out there in the world!
That's it for now, but take care and happy reading!
Hi all, I think I'm overdue for an update here, but I'm back in Budapest, my second home. I've lived here part time for fifteen years now (?!) and every spring I mark the change of the seasons by walking up to check out this almond tree overlooking the lovely Liberty Bridge across the Danube.
After a nice extended visit to California, it's good to be back here again, settling in to get some writing done. I'm planning to crank out the rest of Rome in Ruins (Nathan Grant Book 5) over the next few months. In the meantime, it's my birthday today, so I'm busy answering messages from friends and family. It's a nice distraction, no doubt.
In other book news, I just signed on my narrator to do an audio book version of London on Fire, so audiophiles can expect that in late June. I've also been working with translators on German versions of several titles, and I've signed with a Turkish publishing company for Turkish versions. So, lots going on.
I hope wherever you are in the world, you're enjoying your own change of seasons as well.
Happy New Year to all, wherever you are. As for me, I find myself starting 2024 in my home of Southern California, spending the holidays and a little more with friends and family.
We've had some big waves here this past week (San Clemente Pier above) and as a lifelong surfer, I had to get out in it. Being a little out of shape for it after so much time in Europe, I took a beating, but it was still fun! Now that the holidays are winding down, and the waves as well, it's time to get back to writing, so I thought I'd give an update on how things are progressing.
First off, I'm making good progress on Nathan Grant book five, which also has a cover design now that I'm excited about:
One thing that has slowed me down a little bit with this one is that the plot involves a movie that is being shot in Rome, and when I started thinking about ideas for the movie plot within the book plot, I came up with a script idea that I really liked. It ends up, I decided to write the script and shop it around, so I'm working on that as well as the novel at the same time. Both are coming along nicely, though.
Otherwise for 2024, I plan to have Nathan Grant book six out later in the year. I'm still having fun with this series and want to keep going with it as long as I can, with no end currently in sight.
That's about it for now. I'll be here in So Cal for most of this month, then head back to Budapest at some point. All in all, I'm hoping for the best this year, as we all tend to do. I wish you and yours all the best in 2024!
