In December 2016, I struck up a conversation on Twitter with a gentleman who admired the cover of one of my books. Flattered, I told him the designer was Bookfly Designs, and we talked a little about the plot of the story, and so on. Then the gentleman asked whether, if he were to buy a […]
Cover Reveal – Oliver & Jack: At Lodgings In Lyme
The folks on my newsletter already saw the cover for my newest book, and so now it’s the internet’s turn! The cover was done by Bookfly Designs, where James has once more done a lovely job incorporating the elements from my story to create an evocative cover. Again, he used a painting by John Atkinson Grimshaw, […]
Cozy Classics – Oliver Twist
I’m currently working on my next book, the working title of which is Oliver and Jack. I meant to come and post something about how Oliver and Jack are currently lost in the wilds of the Norwood Forest, or something erudite about writing, or something about up-to-the-minute news, but then I came across a series […]
Two Dirt Roads, the Dalai Lama, and Me
So this is what I would have wanted the name of my blog post to be: “In Which the New York Times Associates Douglas Preston with the Dalai Lama, High-Speed internet, and Henry David Thoreau All In One Sentence.” But it’s too long, so I went with what I went with. And here’s what it […]
Feast of All Saints: My Obsession With Anne Rice’s Novel
Since a long time ago, I’ve been obsessed with the novel Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice. It’s about a young man in the 1840’s French Quarter who has dreams of going to Paris, but who is foiled, in the end by his white father, Philippe Ferronaire, who basically goes back on his promise to […]
Fagin’s Boy Going on Virtual Book Tour
I was lucky enough to find a virtual book tour that coincided with the release of Fagin’s Boy. I’m so new to this whole process, that I didn’t realize till late December that a book tour was probably a good idea. So I went online and voila! I found a woman, Amy Bruno, who does […]