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‘Take 190 West’ Arts Festival
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 Civic and...
The Former Hero – 2015 TAA Book Award Winner!
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...
Texas Book Club selects The Former Hero as February Book
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...
Guest Blogger at ShannonThompson.com
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!
The Virgin and the Critics
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 invited to post...
Praise from San Francisco Book Review
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 mythology,...
Goodreads asks: How do you deal with writer’s block?
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. Swimmer's Ear. Tennis Elbow....
Authors review The Former Hero
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...
Author Show Contest Winner
Hey everyone! Congratulate me today for being a winner in The Author Show contest, "50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading." The prize for winning is this cool red medallion graphic that you see here. Before you start fawning over me, clamoring for my autograph,...
4.5 stars from Portland Book Review
The Former Hero is an ambitious and philosophical novel that looks at the concept of a “hero” while following three protagonists are caught in an overwhelmingly corrupt city. Mary, mother of young Penny wakes up after an alcohol binge to discover that her daughter is...
