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My new short fiction piece is published

Topology Magazine published a short piece of mine today called "Water." You can read it here. It is mostly fictional. But it does accurately describe our family about 6-8 years ago when things were very tight financially. The theme of this Topology issue is...

Movie update

Here's a few movies I have seen lately and a brief word about each. Far From the Madding Crowd Short answer: this movie caught my interest early. I enjoyed the English countryside and the subtlety of the main characters. So despite my final criticism, I can recommend...

Two new items

This was an eventful week for The Former Hero with two significant pieces of news. First, I received notice that I was a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Award in the genre of Thriller (alas, they don't have a category for "Speculative, Psychological, New...

I gave the mayor of Austin a copy

Today I had the pleasure with several other members of the Texas Association of Authors of meeting with Mayor Steve Adler at City Hall for the proclamation of April 12th as DEAR Texas Day. As you can see, I was more concerned about standing up straight and holding my...

You’re going to find this weird, but I watched ‘Twilight’

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." ... "Ugh. Alright. Play." Being in the world....

C-Spot Magazine features TAA Award Winners

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!

‘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!