Thomas L. Seltzer

I'm a writer. I write novels, screenplays and fantasy sports articles. I'm a husband of a wonderful woman and father of four boys and 13 grandchildren.

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How many of you remember the Vietnam War? Revisionists now call it the Vietnam conflict. My next novel is set in the year 1969. It opens with the protagonist at Woodstock. The war casts a long shadow across this story.#WritingCommunity

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@vickyweberbooks My goals for 2026 are to get representation for one or both of my completed mystery novels and finish another novel that I’m working on.

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I’m in the process of trimming my novel, The Outlaw Line, down to a size fit for the ADD reading world. I’ve got it down to 100,000 words. That’s 265 pages. I guess the modern fiction writer is now a writer of novellas.#writerscommunity

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Legalized gambling revenue, including casinos, retail and online sports betting was close to $72 billion in 2024, according to the American Gaming Association. About 3-10 percent of gamblers won that year. The Outlaw Line, my new novel, explores this crisis.#WritingCommunity

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The Kentucky Fried Chicken murders are still in the news 42 years later. However, the real story is still untold. That story is the subject of my unpublished novel “Kilgore.”https://t.co/sKU0ouRdNh

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Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood wrote a song about the music business with this line: “The man in the suit has bought a new car from the profit he made on your dreams.” I relate as a writer trying to make it amidst the vultures wanting to make money off me.#WritingCommunity

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According to recent estimates, there are more than 2.5 million adults in the United States with a severe gambling problem. Christian Padrone, the protagonist in my new novel, is one of them. To make matters worse, she’s charged with murdering her husband.#WritingCommunity

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OK, I really need to know the answer to this. Are novels being published now really in the 80,000-90,000 word length? My new mystery novel is 117,000 words. Am I kidding myself thinking an agent is going to give this a serious look?#WritingCommunity

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What I’m reading is that agents are looking for novels of 80,000-90,000 words. That’s about 225 pages. Seriously? Everyone is talking about how great it is to go back and cut all these pages out of their novels. But I’m not finding any 225-page novels out there.#WritingCommunity

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@AuthorFulton Amen! The Holy Spirit does that.

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Has any writer out there had success self publishing? When I say success, I mean that you were at least profitable. If you will provide this information, please send a message to my mailbox.#WritingCommunity

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Has the mystery genre lost popularity in the past decade? It seems like less readers are interested in mysteries now. I’d love to hear from some agents on this..#WritingCommunity

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What I’ve read indicates that agents and publishers are looking for novels with the word count between 80,000 and 90,000 words. Isn’t that 225 pages? I mentioned this to my wife, and she says none of the novels she reads are that short. Where’s the disconnect?#authors

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Innocent until proven guilty is a fundamental principle in the American judicial system. However, how many people are convicted of crimes they didn’t commit because of lazy jurors, lazy prosecutors and lazy detectives building cases base largely on circumstantial evidence?

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Do you know what the outlaw line is? Some call it the lookahead lines in sports betting. These betting lines are where the casinos and offshore sports books find out how good their betting lines are by letting professionals better have first crack at them.

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What chance does a recovering compulsive gambler have in today’s world with every sports site promoting gambling? Can you imagine what it would be like if all of the methamphetamine dealers could advertise their product?

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I just completed my latest novel, The Outlaw Line. A compulsive gambler, charged with the murder of her husband, takes the biggest gamble of her life when she tries to bring the real killer to justice.

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There's no better feeling for a fantasy manager than to pick up a late-round starting pitcher that returns huge value. I've got eight between ADP 225 and 289 for your consideration at https://t.co/YORTPy1ryz.#FantasyBaseball.

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@Dunsparrow @ninaturner Agreed.

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The Dodgers signing of Blake Snell proves the old adage false - money can buy happiness for LA fans. Dodgers fans may be happy, but the absence of a salary cap is ruining major league baseball.#FantasyBaseball