Updates…

So, lessee…got a few updates to share…
First of all, I received the first pass typeset pages for THE KENSEI in the mail today. These are basically how the pages will look in the actual book. I need to go through them and spot any typos and report them back. This is usually [...]

Summer Writing Intensive

There’s nothing quite like it. That feeling of walking into the bookstore and seeing your name on the cover of a new release sitting there on the shelf. It’s pretty damn magical, if I do say so myself.
But there’s also nothing quite like the feeling you get when, after waiting for weeks, sometimes [...]

4 for FRIDAY

Announcing a brand new ebook of four thrilling tales from Jon F. Merz and Joseph Nassise…
4 for FRIDAY
Four tales – 20,000 words of pure adrenalized mayhem – available only for an extremely short time: FRIDAY for the incredibly amazing price of just $2.50
Available in any ebook format (pdf, epub, mobi, ltf) 4 for FRIDAY ships [...]

When Life Sucks

In my last post, I talked about the path of a warrior and the concept of fudoshin, that driving force behind achieving goals and blasting through challenges. But what happens when things don’t move fast enough? What happens when the constant slog grinds you down, the interminable wait bores you to shreds, and [...]

The Path of a Warrior

I’ve had several conversations lately about the path of the warrior – especially as it relates to studying ninjutsu. I thought I’d take an entry and express what this thing is all about – at least to me, right now at this moment in my personal evolution. (My way of saying this could [...]

Buy 1 Get 1 FREE

New promo for ebook readers! Here’s the skinny:
Buy a copy of one of my novels (listed below) from Amazon.com, send me the receipt (proof-of-purchase) and I will send you another one of my novels (your choice) absolutely free!
PARALLAX
What happens when two professional assassins – one a Mafia hitman and the other a former German [...]

EBooks & How JA Konrath Makes Me Green With His Green

So, I’m selling ebooks on Amazon’s Kindle. I’m hardly the only author doing this right now – whether it’s traditionally published or “indie” – but I am experiencing far fewer sales than a lot of other folks, and frankly, I have no idea why. The short of it is my stuff simply isn’t [...]

THE MADAGASCAR MATTER – Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fourteen
“You may call me Esmeralda. I am the shaman of the tribe and have been so for more years than I care to remember.”
We sat under a towering baobab tree, atop two small stools carved from tree trunks. In front of us, a small [...]

Review of a Bad Book on Women’s Self Defense…

Ricky Sides claims to want to help women in his book “The Ultimate Guide to Women’s Self Defense.” If that’s actually true, then the single best way he could help them would be to pull this travesty of supposed self-defense off the web and delete the entire file. Not only is this book [...]

My Black Belt Test

Today is “Sign Up For Martial Arts Day” at the Boston Martial Arts Center, the dojo I’ve studied at under Mark Davis for the last twenty years. If you’ve checked out the rest of my site here, you’ve read the story of my first night of training with Mark and how intimidating it was [...]

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