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Tom Fowler

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USAT Bestselling indie author of crime fiction and thrillers. ITW, AG, IBPA, ALLI member. Baltimore sports homer. Husband, dad, and dog dad. Lover of coffee and pizza but not together. linktr.ee/tomfowlerwrites

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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 24/09/2026
You could swap the order of Josh and Donna, and Santos and Vinick, and I wouldn't quibble much. CJ has taken the top spot from Toby. Overall, season 6 > S5. I still think the ceiling is a little lower than with Sorkin, but the floor remains high, largely thanks to a terrific ensemble cast.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 24/09/2026
THE WEST WING character rankings through the end of season 6, credited main cast only. Additions to the cast since s4: - Alan Alda as Sen. Vinick - Jimmy Smits as Rep. Matt Santos - Mary McCormack as Deputy NSA Kate Harper CJ Toby Josh Donna Santos Vinick Jed Charlie Kate Abbie Will Leo
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 11/09/2026
*verve
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 11/09/2026
We are in season 5 (the first one post-Sorkin). Everyone is meaner. Some of the verb and zing are missing. The show still has a pretty high floor, but it’s lost some ceiling. Leo still sucks, so that’s consistent.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 11/09/2026
THE WEST WING character rankings after the first 4 seasons, credited main cast only: Toby CJ Josh Donna Charlie Jed Sam Abbie Will * Leo * Small sample size, as his character only joins the cast midway through the 4th season.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 23/04/2026
Today only! Stuff your Kindle (or e-reader of choice) with a bunch of free crime and thriller books. One of mine is included. Get them before the promotion ends! #SYKcrime
SYK crime graphic
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 11/04/2026
I’ll be participating in the Stuff Your Kindle crime edition event coming up. Lots of great crime and thriller books to choose from, and all will be free.
SYK coming soon
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 27/03/2026
Love the Baz extension. He gets good money, and (I know buying out arb years can distort things) the AAV is 4th/5th starter for a guy with a lot of upside. Excellent work. #orioles
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 26/03/2026
These Carshield commercials call Eric Byrnes a “pro baseball legend.” Props to him for an 11-year career, but “legend” is doing some heavy lifting here.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 09/03/2026
As a pro-player fan, I think this should be changed, too, but it has to come in negotiations. A few guys’ opinions aside, the union exists in part to defend players, even when they do something mind-bogglingly stupid for the 2nd time in 2 years I get the feeling the 2 sides will have bigger issues.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 21/05/2025
#Coffee hot take: I have yet to find a dark roast I enjoy consistently more than Folgers Black Silk. None of the fancy or “premium” coffees are any better, and almost all are worse.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 14/05/2025
The Manfred decision is an embarrassment for #mlb. Or it would be if the commissioner’s bosses cared about anything more than their bank accounts. Pete Rose broke THE cardinal rule of baseball, the one that goes to the game’s integrity. He’s also an admitted statutory 🍇ist. Fuck Pete Rose.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 09/05/2025
Our next pope after the brand new one needs to be Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod.
Pope names with “Adrian” and “Paul” highlighted. Adrian Paul played Duncan in the Highlander TV series.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 07/05/2025
👋🏻 I write crime fiction and thrillers set in and around my home city of Baltimore. My current WIP is book 18 in the mystery series. Here’s a recent favorite: geni.us/ConcreteAngels
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Concrete Angels: A C.T. Ferguson Crime Novel (The C.T. Ferguson Mystery Novels Book 14)
Get it now:
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 23/04/2025
The final season of BOSCH: LEGACY - more Bosch than legacy, but Harry is an all-time TV detective, so it’s OK. Recommended. Looking forward to the Renee Ballard spinoff (with great casting).
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 13/04/2025
Someone needs to pick up and run with the Tony Taters Bat Flip Mantle. Might as well be Adley.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 28/03/2025
My new thriller COLLISION COURSE got selected as a Top Indie Fave by the lovely folks at @barnesandnoble.com Nook Press! Happy to be included. The Nook team are great partners in indie publishing.
This week’s B&N top indie faves.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 26/03/2025
A new book baby out in the world today. This is the 9th #thriller in my ongoing series. At its core, the book is about family relationships and how they can evolve. Overlaid with fistfights, bullets, and guns, of course.
Collision Course thriller book cover
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 13/03/2025
This amazing event is tomorrow. Find some books for yourself… and spread the word if you’re a fan of the genres represented! #mystery #thriller #crimefiction #reading
Stuff your Kindle: Crime Edition, happening March 14, 2025
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 11/03/2025
Four episodes in now (out of six). It’s not boring, but it’s still a bit of a slog. At least we got a few interesting developments this time. I can see where things are likely headed. Season 1 remains the best, and 2 > 3 at this point.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 10/03/2025
This season of THE WHITE LOTUS is… kind of a slog. (Note: I have not yet watched episode 4.) Great cast, but it’s mostly characters moving through set pieces and scenes. Not much in the way of real, meaty story, though the theme is carried throughout. I hope things pick up over the second half.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 25/02/2025
I crossed the 70,000-word mark in my current WIP today. This bad boy will be complete and to my editor by the end of the week.
Collision Course ebook cover, the 9th John Tyler thriller
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 06/02/2025
Community matters, maybe now more than ever. #Authors, find your people and love them hard.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 03/02/2025
“Misjudged,” by James Chandler “My Plus One = You,” by @thatsnotchicken.bsky.social
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 28/01/2025
I have a new Substack designed for indie authors and creatives. Check it out and let me know if you have any pain points I can cover in a future essay. open.substack.com/pub/indiepub
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Indie-Vidual Publishing | Tom Fowler | Substack
We'll talk about the information and strategies creatives interested in independent publishing need to succeed--for however they define success. Click to read Indie-Vidual Publishing, by Tom Fowler, a...
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 26/01/2025
One of the best things about writing in a series is discovering aspects to your characters you didn’t think of at the beginning.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 25/01/2025
I crossed the 30,000 word mark in my WIP today (technically a little over 31k when I finished). Things are coming together nicely, which means they’re getting worse for our hero.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 15/01/2025
Congratulations! 🍾 🔪
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 15/01/2025
I cook and bake.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 11/01/2025
open.substack.com/chat/posts/6...
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Tom Fowler in Indie-Vidual Publishing
I just made a post about ISBNs… probably the biggest minefield out there for authors. Even if you live somewhere they’re free, there’s a lot of confusion out there. What topics can I cover in the fu...
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 07/01/2025
Joe Sheehan called Soto leaving NYY the best move the Orioles have made in years, and I really felt that. There’s still time for a splash this offseason, but I think there needs to be one.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 24/12/2024
“December is a bad month to release a book.” As a middle finger to conventional wisdom, I’m releasing one on Christmas Day. geni.us/Unreasonable
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 21/12/2024
“You’ve got garlic in your soul.” Maybe the Grinch just enjoys flavorful cooking, Janet. You ever think of that?
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 20/12/2024
The most tedious part is the behind-the-scenes stuff. I moved the site to a custom domain, so now I need to redo all the delivery actions (in BookFunnel) which used to work. You can’t edit them in bulk, so I’ll need to do each one. Good thing I have days off coming up. #indieauthors
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 20/12/2024
I’m moving my direct sales store from Shopify to Payhip. It’ll save me about $800 a year. While I’ll take a little hit on power, I think it’s more than worth it. If you want to sell books from a website, use Payhip. If you want to run an e-commerce business (spoiler alert: I do not), use Shopify.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 17/12/2024
From there, YELLOWSTONE was decent and sometimes good but never great again. (There’s too much talent on hand for it to be bad.) The ending was probably the best we could get considering. Beth and Kayce are good characters, as are Rip, Rainwater, and Mo. Still, I wonder what might have been. (3/3)
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 17/12/2024
The pilot is a slog, but from episode 2 through midway-ish thru S4, this was a really good show. I thought it took a hit (do shows still jump the shark?) when Piper Perabo joined the cast. It’s weird because I’ve always liked her as an actress. Her character, though, always felt out of place. 2/
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 17/12/2024
We watched the finale of YELLOWSTONE last night. (It’s not officially the series finale yet, but come on, man. It is.) It was… decent. Good moments. It’s obvious this 2nd part of S5 has been off the rails from the jump. Costner not returning probably caused most plans to get scrapped and redone. 1/
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 17/12/2024
Co-signed on behalf of Orioles fans.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 14/12/2024
Bluesky must be a mature platform. The bow-chicka-wow-wow bots and the book marketing “experts” are here.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 14/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 20
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. One of those books you reread periodically and always get something out of.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 12/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 19
On Writing, by Stephen King. Probably the best book… well, on writing out there. Worth the read and re-reads.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 11/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 18
The King Beyond the Gate is an excellent fantasy novel, and maybe the best book written by the late, great David Gemmell.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 10/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 17
Jeeves and Wooster, a classic old British comedy series by P.G. Wodehouse.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 10/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 16
Stein on Writing. Recommended as a craft book.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 09/12/2024
Joe Sheehan, today, on the Soto fallout for the AL East: “The Mets signing Juan Soto is the best move the Orioles have made in years.” Me:
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a man is singing into a microphone while playing a guitar on stage .
Alt: Metallica performing “Sad But True”
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 08/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 15
Storm Front, book 1 of The Dresden Files. A great blend of urban fantasy and crime fiction.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 07/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 14
The Elements of Style. A small book with a big impact for many writers.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 05/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 13
Lapsing into a Comma. A great writing and grammar book, and a terrific title, too.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowlerbooks.com · 04/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 12
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice. I almost didn’t come back to the series after Interview (and I was out after the 5th), but this is the best of the bunch.
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