Author Archives: martinturnbull

Progress toward publication of “Citizen Hollywood” – the 3rd novel in the Garden of Allah series – is about to take a big step: I’ll soon be sending the manuscript to my editor, Meghan Pinson, for the first (of two) … Continue reading →

With the manuscript for my third novel in the Garden of Allah series – Citizen Hollywood – en route to my editor, Meghan Pinson at My Two Cents Freelance Editing, it was time to turn my attention to one of … Continue reading →

I am an avid audiobook fan. In fact, most of my non-fiction reading gets done via audiobooks which I listen to on my iPod while I walk to and from the gym every day. I wouldn’t get around to half … Continue reading →

I’ve been tagged in THE NEXT BIG THING by fellow writer Debra Ann Pawlak. Debra is the author of Bringing Up Oscar, The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy which was named the runner up in the non-fiction … Continue reading →

I am very happy to announce that my next novel The Trouble with Scarlett is now available. The story picks up not long after the end of The Garden on Sunset, during the summer of 1936. ~oOo~      Gone with … Continue reading →

Richard Schave and Kim Cooper of Esotouric fame (they give marvelous L.A.-film-noir-crime-based tours, the most popular of which is their fascinating Real Black Dahlia tour) have introduced a bi-monthly literary salon held at Musso and Frank’s—Hollywood’s oldest eatery (which I … Continue reading →

Pretty much from the week that The Garden on Sunset came out, I’ve heard from people asking when the next book in the Garden of Allah series was coming out. They said that they enjoyed it so much that they … Continue reading →

I’ve just delivered the manuscript for the second book in my Garden of Allah series – “The Trouble with Scarlett” – to my marvelous editor Meghan Pinson, at My Two Cents Freelace Editing and so now I have turned my … Continue reading →

Unless you are Nora Roberts (who seems to have found a way to complete a novel during that interminable downtime between sneezing and wondering if anybody caught that scrunch-face you just pulled), you’ve probably spent more than a year writing … Continue reading →

Generally speaking, I’m not one much for looking back, or second-guessing myself, or playing “Yeah, but what if I’d . . .?” My first book – “The Garden on Sunset” – has been out for a few months now and … Continue reading →