Look, I totally get it—you’re only here 'cause you grabbed a free story. I really hope you had a blast reading it. And hey, maybe you even stumbled upon one of the other freebies I sent your way through this newsletter. Awesome. 👍🏼 Fun Fact: In Italian, "Ciao!" means "Hi" and "Bye." But the last thing you needed was another useless email cluttering your Inbox. Heck, you may have a filter or rule shoving me into oblivion, making this note moot. C’est la vie. (Did you say "la vie"? 😉) So feel...
16 days ago • 2 min read
📝 A note from this author 🫣 “Me” in my characters & stories 😘 Darkened Cloud launch price goes bye bye 🔓 A Personal Note: I don’t often share my personal losses and experiences. One October gave me the most unimaginable of these when my sons (12 & 13 at the time) and I lost the most amazing & loving wife and mother. We carried on and I’m proud of the men my sons have become. The thing about personal experiences, even the tragic ones, as a writer is how they shape my characters and stories....
30 days ago • 1 min read
Global Book Awards Gold Medal Winner Darkened Clouds Book Launch is Today! Reading, Watching, & Writing Crime Thrillers 🏅 Finding Idyllium is the Gold Medal Winner! 🏅 I could not have been more excited to open an email on Saturday and read: Finding Idyllium has been awarded the GOLD medal in the category Science Fiction - Adventures at the Global Book Awards. What do you think of the new cover? Find Idyllium Now 📖🚀 From Soft Release to Launch Day Gaze Upon a Darkened Cloud - If You Dare! From...
2 months ago • 2 min read
👉 Soft Release = FREE Novel 👈 Look up - If you dare! My new sci-fi thriller is free for a few days only! Yep, it’s a shameless plea for early reviews. You can grab this sci-fi thriller for free, no obligation. It'd be awesome if you took a second to drop a review. It really helps others find and enjoy it. Review now on:Amazon | Goodreads Did you grab my 🆓 short with its ambiguous ending? KILLING TIME is “Permafree” on Amazon, Apple, Google, Smashwords, &...
3 months ago • 1 min read
My new short story is yours free New no-cost ARCs for you to read Audiobook and Netflix show recs A host of freebie reads & new release deals This short with an ambiguous ending is yours 🆓 Most of you are here because I gave you a free short story. Shiny! Here’s another one. More are coming. I love connecting with readers and offering engaging reads. I’ve wanted to write this one for a while, leaving the story open to your interpretation. Oh… and I’d love to get your opinion. What do you...
3 months ago • 1 min read
📣 My sci-fi mystery thriller pre-order is live on Amazon! 👉 Click here 👈 to read the first 3 chapters of TO GAZE UPON A DARKENED CLOUD and meet Dr. Michelle Anderson, Jonah, and Elder Ferguson (Amy)—three unlikely cohorts drawn together by the cloud storms. 📖ARC team: publish-ready copies are in your Inbox. (Check Spam) Reading fellow Indie Authors… The Midnight Society: Guardians of the Cosmic Rift I gave it 4/5 for being what I called, A fun ride in the spirit of classic "newly empowered...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Content v. Entertainment ⚔️ You are NOT Entertained 👎🏼 On Thursday I’m going to see Bruce Springsteen at San Siro stadium here in Milan. (So excited!) Back in 1990, “The Boss” wrote a song called “57 Channels (And Nothin On)”. With way too many streaming platforms, dozens of networks, the internet, social media, and Amazon’s KDP for indie authors, the amount of content has grown exponentially in 35 years. Still, it seems like there’s “nothin on”. The problem is content is not, in itself,...
4 months ago • 2 min read
🔊 FREE AUDIOBOOKS 🥳 Yep. I’m so excited to have all 3 audiobooks of my original trilogy now available, I’m giving them away. The narrator has done an amazing job capturing the emotions, stakes, and depth of the characters. Book One, COLONY'S DAWN, was awarded 2023 Sci-fi Audiobook of the Year. [Read the review here] I’d love for you to listen to the New Europa trilogy and follow Gift Ojo on her journey in fighting sabotage, making contact with other colonies, and facing impossible choices in...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Epic Games v. Apple Ruling Enables Kindle Book Purchases on iPhone and iPadOn April 30, 2025, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a ruling in the Epic Games v. Apple case that fundamentally changed purchases on Apple devices. The court found Apple’s restrictions anti-competitive and ordered that: Apple can no longer charge a 27% commission on purchases made outside the App Store. Apple cannot prevent developers from guiding users to alternative payment methods, such as external websites....
6 months ago • 1 min read