I started this blog on August 21, 2012, with the release of my first book, Titan Encounter. Most of those posts are now in what I call the “Early Blog.” I’m gradually updating their format and bringing them into this new journal. Back then the sole purpose of the blog was to promote my books, but gradually that changed.
That’s how it started but, over the years, I’ve mused about other things that are important to me, such as my family, my farm, rural life, and occasionally about politics and country. However, I try to limit the politics in this journal. If you want to know more about my political leaning go to The Conservative Alternative.
The first autographed copy of Through Many Fires is in the hands of a reader.
My wife sent up copies of my latest novel to where I work in Eek, Alaska. They arrived on the mail plane this weekend. Loni Hoover, the school secretary, and an avid reader, asked me for a copy. Of course, I’m going to give the most powerful person in the building a copy.
Read MoreThrough Many Fires has arrived on the Alaskan Tundra!
My wife received the promotional copies of Through Many Fires a few days ago and forwarded some of them to me in Eek, Alaska, for signing. The books arrived today on the mail plane and someone brought them over to the school.
Read MoreA picture of me along with authors like Shakespeare, Poe, and Twain and book covers from Harry Potter and The Hunger Games alongside my book, Final Duty, brought a smile to my face.
Read MoreI was interviewed by The Chronicle, my hometown newspaper, earlier this week.
The reporter, Kyle Spurr, called me the day before I was to leave for Alaska. It was my first interview and I’ve got to admit I was a bit nervous. The article appeared in the paper today.
Read MoreYesterday I flew back to the Yup’ik Eskimo village of Eek.
This will be my seventh year teaching in this remote Alaskan village. Getting to Eek starts with a flight to Anchorage, but that is only the beginning. From there you catch an Alaskan Airlines flight to Bethel, about 400 miles west of Anchorage on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, one of the largest river deltas in the world.
Read MoreThrough Many Fires, my latest novel is now available in both paperback and on Kindle!
As part of the release celebration for this post-apocalyptic thriller, we have deals on all my books!
Read MoreThrough Many Fires, originally scheduled for release on August 1st will now be available on Monday.
In my latest novel, terrorists smuggle a nuclear bomb into Washington D.C. and detonate it during the State of the Union Address. Army veteran and congressional staffer Caden Westmore is in nearby Bethesda and watches as a mushroom cloud grows over the capital.
Read MoreThrough Many Fires is Done!
Sort of. Yesterday, well past my bedtime, I finished writing book one in my new post-apocalyptic series, Through Many Fires. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean the book is ready for sale. As the clock ticked toward midnight I emailed the final draft to Barbara, my editor. For some reason, she didn’t get back to me right away, but she has the book.
Read MoreAmazon sent me an email today.
There is nothing unusual about that. I’m a good customer. I must buy a novel or non-fiction book on something every week.
Today’s email listed novels in the science fiction genre and said, “…you might be interested in these items.” But, the books Amazon thought I might be interested in brought a smile to my face.
Read MoreThe promotional copies of my debut novel, Titan Encounter, are in!
As I mentioned earlier, the novel is now out in paperback and is available on Amazon for $7.78. However, I have received a limited number of promotional copies to give away.
Read MoreThe first 14 chapters of the novel have been sent to the editor. I’ve written 14 additional chapters and should be working on the climax of the book now. Unless I go crazy with some new subplot Through Many Fires will have 29 chapters and be about 69,500 words long.
Read MoreTitan Encounter came out in paperback today.
The sun was shining and all seemed right with the world this morning when I received word that the paperback version of Titan Encounter was out on Amazon. Thank you to everyone who bought the Kindle version and especially those of you who reviewed it.
Read MoreI’ve always liked the feel of a book in my hand.
I’ve published two books on Kindle—soon to be three, but today was the first time I have been able to actually feel one of them.
Read MoreThrough Many Fires, my third and latest novel, just moved one step closer to release.
I’ve been working with Micah Hansen, the graphic designer who has done all my artwork, since March. He is still working on the back and spine, but yesterday he sent me the cover that you see here.
Read MoreThe old Beatles song, Paperback Writer, keeps running through my mind because Titan Encounter will soon be available in paperback.
Read MoreOften the hardest task for me is deciding the title of a new book.
For nearly a year I’ve been calling my latest writing project TEOTWAWKI “The End Of The World As We Know It.” That was never going to be the final title, but I needed to call it something. I don’t worry about the title of the book until I’m just about done. Well, I’m just about done.
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