Twas the night before Christmas, I’m writing my book, all about kitchens, the death of a cook. She’s murdered you know, with a knife from the drawer, and until it’s released I can’t tell you more. A whisk of the cream, a pinch of some salt, you’ll all have to wait until it [...]

We had our launch party on Longboat Key the other night and authors Terry Griffin and Ward Larsen joined me to celebrate their books as well. About one hundred people showed up and we had Villa Maria wine from our publisher’s vineyards in New Zealand, stuffed brie, shrimp and other great delicacies.
We [...]

Oceanview Publishing has worked out a deal with Amazon where they are giving away my first ‘Stuff’ book. Stuff To Die For, the ebook version, is free during November.
How does an author make money when the book is free? Volume, my friends. The more copies you download, the more…no, wait [...]

I continue to hear about my brief appearance on the Rush Limbaugh show two weeks ago. Friends are still calling and coming up to tell me they heard the segment…which lasted about 32 seconds. Very loyal listeners. 50,000,000. I’ve heard from maybe 25.
It all started with my new novel, Don’t Sweat [...]

We’ve got over 60 reviews scheduled for Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff, launching December 6th. (we actually did an early release in a couple of locations.) Over 30 of those reviews have already been published and they are overwhelmingly positive.
Uniformly they love the humor and the characters. They talk about the midget, [...]

Congratulate me. Finally, I got Barbados Heat, my second book, up on Kindle. For $2.99! Publishers control the other 7 books and their price, but I’ve got Barbados Heat so $2.99 seemed like a good price point.
Sue Grafton said “Don Bruns has carved out his turf…sex, drugs, rock and roll and murder. [...]

St. Martin’s Press tells me that they are finally going to put my first novel (2001) on Kindle. I’ve written 11 books since then, several short stories, and read hundreds of novels, so even though that book holds a lot of wonderful memories, I have to admit that I don’t remember a lot about [...]

It seems everyone is blogging about the death of Robert Parker, one of the most prolific writers in modern times. I’m joining in. Parker’s Spenser and Jesse Stone novels sold millions of copies and the characters were immortalized not only on page but in television series.
I met Parker five years ago at a conference in [...]

I signed up for Facebook because every author I know is also on the site. Maybe they know something I don’t know…like thousands of people will see my profile, my witty weekly offering, and buy my books?
Nah. That didn’t happen. What did happen is that people I don’t know want to be [...]

Publisher’s Weekly gave me a great review in their early September edition. Now I don’t know what to do. For my November release of Stuff To Spy For, they used words like Crazy, Wacky, and “laugh out loud moments.” And that’s exactly what I was going for. So what do I do? [...]