by jeffrey | Mar 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Now. I didn’t pay extra to see it. Are you kidding? No. I didn’t go out and rent it. I’m a grown man. But it showed up on Netflix last week, so I thought, “Oh. That thing that everyone was talking about a few years ago.” …...
by jeffrey | Mar 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
C-Spot Magazine this month is running an article honoring the winners of the Texas Association of Authors Book Award winners, including The Former Hero. Thank you to the editors!
by jeffrey | Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
I am excited to have my very own booth at the very first event of this sort I have ever done. The 5th annual “Take 190 West” is an arts festival in Killeen Texas with sculptors, artists, and authors, including young authors. It will be held at the Killeen...
by jeffrey | Feb 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
I am very pleased to announce that my debut novel The Former Hero has won the 2015 Book Award for Suspense/Thriller from the Texas Association of Authors! TAA is a major sponsor of the first ever DEAR Texas Book Event, a state-wide program to promote the enjoyment and...
by jeffrey | Jan 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
I post this announcement more for the sake of chronicling stuff that is happening with my book. Yes, The Texas Book Club has selected The Former Hero for their February book. I am honored. I can only suppose that tens of thousands of avid book lovers around the...
by jeffrey | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today I am featured as a guest blogger on the blog of author Shannon Thompson. My post from December called “Goodreads Asks How Do You Deal With Writers Block” is the topic du jour. Thanks Shannon!
by jeffrey | Jan 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
So today I did what was probably a foolish thing, but I learned from it. I belong to a private group for writers on Facebook. It has literally thousands of members, over six thousand. Today was designated “First Line Friday,” a day in which everyone is...
by jeffrey | Jan 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have a pretty good run going here with the positive book reviews! The latest one is from San Francisco Book Review who gave it 4.5 stars. Thanks to Maggie Marshall for the good words. Here are some highlights: “…many fantastic qualities…weaves in...
by jeffrey | Dec 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Goodreads recently asked me to write a response to this question: How do you deal with Writer’s Block? Here’s what I said. We need to ask, What is ‘writer’s block?’ And we should be clear, it is not a clinical condition the way it sounds....
by jeffrey | Dec 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Two new reviews of my book came in this week, this time from fellow authors. I sent each a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. Both responded with strong praise both for my book and for me as an author. The first was Oliver Chase, author...
