In an effort to introduce my readers to other authors and their work, every week I run an Author Spotlight, sharing information about an author, their work, and how they go about writing their books. Scott Harrington is a licensed general building contractor, a NAUI SCUBA dive master, and a black-belt Ninjutsu practitioner/instructor of more […]
A common piece of advice that many authors get is to stick to one genre. If you write science fiction, romance, westerns, or mysteries, those are the books your readers are going to be looking for. Authors are told it will only confuse readers if they suddenly start writing in a different genre than what […]
Should newspapers have trigger warnings? Are we that fragile as a society that we have to be warned that something unpleasant may exist? I can watch hours of violence on prime-time television, but when the nightly news comes on, I have to be warned that the report of an auto accident might be disturbing? Another […]
Most of yesterday was dedicated to working on getting my new Tinder Street book, The War Years, formatted and ready to upload to Amazon. It’s a process. Terry is giving it a final read through and I am making any corrections she finds that somehow were missed in the multiple checks by her and our […]
Should newspapers have trigger warnings? Are we that fragile as a society that we have to be warned that something unpleasant may exist? I can watch hours of violence on prime-time television, but when the nightly news comes on, I have to be warned that the report of an auto accident might be disturbing? Another […]
My heart is heavy with the news that my friend and fellow author George Wier has lost his battle with esophageal cancer. The world is a darker place without George’s sense of humor and many talents in it. Though we lived in different parts of the country, and most of our contact over the years […]
We have had several incidents that resulted in serious injuries and even some fatalities here in Florida recently. And while I’m sorry for the victims, I can’t help but wonder what the heck they were thinking. Yesterday a man was struck by lightning and killed while fishing from his pontoon boat. Two weeks ago three […]
No, not my age. I hit that number a long time ago, and then doubled it! I’m talking about my 31st book, Big Lake Fugitive, which I uploaded to Amazon last night. Depending on how quickly (or not so quickly) they work, it should be ready sometime today. I have had books go live in […]