Browsing Archive: February, 2012

Q & A With Toby Neal, Author of Blood Orchids

Posted by Wodke Hawkinson on Tuesday, February 21, 2012,

Toby Neal

Congrats on your upcoming debut novel - tell us about it!
Toby: I’m from Hawaii and I’ve always wanted to read a really good suspense/romance set here, that showcases the unique setting, culture, multiethnic people and dialects, and yet keeps your attention via riveting story alone. I’ve never found one that really did that—Hawaii novels are often written by outsiders, or are too “niche” to appeal to a mainstream audience. I finally decided to write the kind of book(...

Pono: Rescuing an Abandoned Dog, a guest post by Toby Neal

Posted by Wodke Hawkinson on Sunday, February 19, 2012, In : Guest Posts

Pono

My daughter found a neglected 6 pound scrap of elderly Pomeranian wandering outside our neighborhood in the dead of night. He was not appealing: his collar had to be cut out of (color indeterminate) matted dreadlocks, his toenails were so long they looked like curling Indian slippers, and something was VERY wrong with his hind legs so that he listed and bobbled like a sailor under the influence.
I was smitten. Utte...

It's Here! Surprise for Readers of Our Novel Betrayed

Posted by Wodke Hawkinson on Tuesday, February 7, 2012,

We've been busily working on this surprise for some time: an alternate ending to our novel, Betrayed. We have to credit one of our readers for this idea. He told us he was reading our novel when he said to himself, "Ok, the killing's gonna start anytime now." Then he took note of the fact that he only had about ten pages left until the end of the book. "Oh, no," he said. "I've been tricked. This is a damn romance!"...