Author Archives: Keith E. Burns

Stay tuned. Cover art from Sam_Designs on Fiverr will be revealed 5.20.22.

Doesn’t mean I won’t like the review anyway (or disagree with it). I think this honest review is right on the money. Check it out for yourself… I love reviews like this… It helps me with blind spots in character designs, hopefully will lead me to produce a better story the next go around. (NotContinue reading “They can’t all be 4 or 5 star reviews…”

First, Discarded: A Marathon Torres Novel exploded in popularity last week, reaching #4 in Noir Crime and almost breaking the top 200 in Fiction & Literature. (Amazon’s sales charts). The second thing that happened, a burst of reviews came in. Three total within days of this sales explosion. Now three doesn’t see like a lot,Continue reading “Two things happened…”

The next installment of the Marathon Torres series will take place later this year. Release date to be determined. However, I have decided name a theme from the book as the next title. Here it is… Betrayed: A Marathon Torres Novel Stay tuned for more updates, including cover art and release date info.

The rough draft for the 3rd book is complete. I was able to finish the Prologue and Epilogue this morning. I get nervous when I put everything together. All the chapters into one document. Is the story long enough, but not too long? What’s the word count? Is it in line with the others? IContinue reading “Rough Draft Complete”

Today, Abandoned reached #4 in Crime Action Fiction genre. In a flooded genre with 1,000s of titles out there, Abandoned broke the top 5. Additionally, Abandoned made the top 5 best selling novels today in Noir Crime. Which is a first for this book as well. These types of sales rarely lead to reviews, whichContinue reading “Today was special…”

Today I hit a daily sales record. The previous record, Discarded, was 285 copies sold in one day. Today, I surpassed that mark and hit 300+ copies moved in a single day (and the day isn’t over yet). Next week, I am going to release the title of the upcoming Marathon Torres Novel. It willContinue reading “Daily Sales Record”

The rough draft of the new novel is coming along nicely! I also narrowed down the title and I’ll share that in an upcoming post. A theme developed as the rough draft of the first half of the book came together. I found myself using a certain word over and over again and I didn’tContinue reading “Updates and Another Review”

I recently wrote about trashing many chapters of undeveloped work for my new book. I am happy to report that I made the right decision. The third installment for Marathon’s story is coming along nicely. It’s grounded, focused, and promises to wrap up many storylines that have been in development since the first book. ThereContinue reading “Smart Decision”