Author Archives: joesouza

Since spring is near and dear, it’s reminded how much baseball is like writing. In this case, I’m talking specifically about how most batters go into batting slumps from time to time. Well, us writers do too. The worst MLB … Continue reading →

My new novel just published and now I’m freaking out. Marketing. Book selling. NetGalley. BookSirens. Double down on Twitter. No, make that X. Send out ARCs to readers. Book bloggers. Book tour bloggers. Tell people about my new novel. Tell … Continue reading →

Hi, everyone. My new crime novel, CRUEL & BITTER THINGS, will be published by Level Best Books this month. It’s the first in a series. I thought I’d post a brief excerpt of it for you to read. Hope you … Continue reading →

Do you prefer to read books that cross genres? I wrote a novel that mixed psychological fiction with science fiction and found it a hard sell. Despite that, I still feel strongly that it is a good book. The problem … Continue reading →

I started a new novel. Now let me tell you, it’s been about three years since I stared at a blank page. It’s not that I haven’t been writing these past few years. I’ve been editing a bunch of manuscripts … Continue reading →

Have you ever arrived at the end of your novel and realized it just didn’t work? Or that you had no idea how to end it? Or who did the crime and why they did it? If the answer to … Continue reading →

Cellphones. How important are they in our society? Everywhere we look people are on their phones. Entire families sit in restaurants and stare down at their phones, not interacting with one another, playing games or texting friends. People cross the … Continue reading →

My writing has been put on hold lately on account of the court trial that is going on in Massachusetts. This case has caught my attention for the last two years. As I write this, the trial is in its … Continue reading →

I took a bit of a break from writing since I last spoke to you. I turned in my latest manuscript to my editor, CRUEL & BITTER THINGS, jumped on a plane and traveled out to the Czech Republic. Prague, … Continue reading →

Ahhh, spring. The most welcome change of seasons. Budding trees. Tulips popping up. The optimism of another Red Sox season. Bruins and Celtics playoffs. New spring novels. Think against! After a mild and temperate winter, spring came in like a … Continue reading →