Author who doesn't take himself too seriously. Write intelligent suspense novels with a touch of dark humor on compelling issues (sexual violence, Holocaust).
Joined July 2010
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A Jewish detective and his investigative reporter wife are forced by the Kommandant to solve the murder of his accountant and recover millions in Jewish gold.
📖 The Devil's Breath
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Self-Publishing is Easy, Right?
I get this question all the time. My response: Yes and no.
There are a number of reasons to self-publish. Some are economic, some are issues of control over your work...Read more: buff.ly/3PYawXK
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New blog post: Battleships and Sailboats
Turning a battleship in the open sea is a protracted process while a sailboat can quickly zig and zag, repositioning itself in a fraction of the battleship’s time.
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New blog post: Two Great Tools
Steinbeck used to contrast his “big books” (East of Eden, Grapes of Wrath) with his smaller gems (Cannery Row, Of Mice and Men) and the difficulties that each type of book posed. Read here: buff.ly/3Za3kM9
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Skinnying Down Your Writing - Among the many wise things that Winston Churchill said, one that applies to us writers is: If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation...More: buff.ly/3OWRJfS
#TheForeverGame #Writing #Screenplay
The Schizophrenia of Writing Novels and Scripts -If you’re feeling emotionally and psychologically balanced, I have a way to fix that: for your next writing project, render it as both a novel and a script at the same time. Read more: buff.ly/3OW2lvs
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Tom's newest blog post :
Does Length (or Size) Matter?
After all these years of writing and having some of my work published, I rarely, if ever, considered word count.
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Tom's newest blog post :
Taking It Scene by Scene: a coach’s advice
If you think you’re a pretty good writer (which I do) and you want to become a better writer (which I also do), then my advice is to hire an editor.
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Tom's newest blog post :
Taking It Scene by Scene: a coach’s advise
If you think you’re a pretty good writer (which I do) and you want to become a better writer (which I also do), then my advice is to hire an editor.
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So that’s my team. Loose count: eight people....But the bottom line that I found is how willing people are to help. You just have to ask.
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New chapter for my novel-in-progress, The Forever Game. Feel free to read and send suggestions.
Sideways and Down
Petra doesn’t need an alarm, not after all these years. Though she sets one every night. Read: buff.ly/3F7nZXs
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New chapter for my novel-in-progress, The Forever Game. Feel free to read and send suggestions.
Sideways and Down
Petra doesn’t need an alarm, not after all these years. Though she sets one every night. Read: buff.ly/3F7nZXs
#amwriting #novelwriting #TomHogan
In Hogan’s latest novel, a conflicted priest takes God’s justice into his own hands. Pittsburgh, 2000. Gabe Russell isn’t your average Catholic priest. At 26, he’s one of the youngest priests in the country ... -Kirkus Review
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Donna Seebo interviews Tom Hogan about the subject matter of his newest book, The Empty Confessional. The in depth interview tackles pedophilia, the Catholic Church and police procedures. Listen here: buff.ly/3UBFLZE
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Behind the scenes, his archdiocese is covering up for pedophilic priests, and Gabe’s flock is starting to demand answers. - Kirkus Review
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…But is Gabe’s crusade against the sinful priests—which quickly lurches into violence—just a way of atoning for his own sinful nature? Hogan’s muscular prose makes for easy reading... - Kirkus Review
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The Alternative Prologue - Here's the deal: I’m writing my next project as both a script and novel. Check out both posts/prologues.
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Novels vs. Screenplays
I’m trying something a bit different with my fourth novel....
I am sharing the prologue for The Forever Game Prologue in this blog post.
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New blog - A Writing Coach
In my particular case, there are two ways to look at the decision to hire a coach to help in my fiction writing. The first is simple: if it’s such a good idea, why didn’t you do it from the start?
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Hat tip to Kevin Gallagher of the That's Entertainment blog for the review of The Empty Confessional.
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