First Installment of A Knock on the Door by Dean Robertson
Author’s Note For a while now, I have struggled with the subtitle of A Knock on the Door. It is, as the final decision suggests, the story of a marriage, and I intend the juxtaposed photographs on the cover to suggest the changes that might happen between a husband and wife. One is a […]
Dean Speaks Out Updates
My friend Dean Robertson has been busy these past weeks, and I wanted to provide the links to her recent writing. Isolation and Depression: Covid-19 or Anytime – WELCOME TO DEAN SPEAKS OUT, 2020: Isolation and Depression: Covid-19 or Anytime No Writing Prompt Too Silly – No Writing Prompt Too Silly Dinner Out–That Forgotten Pleasure […]
Searching for Patriots Project
Questions & Answers How will this anthology be published? Publication will be done either through a traditional publishing house or independently. Any books resulting from this project will be released for sale in paperback and eBook formats. How did you get my contact information? Initial contact information was acquired by researching publicly available […]
CARES Act 2020
Many folks will not read the actual bill or supplemental document, so I thought it would be useful to prepare a list of identified expenses. Maybe this will shed some light on the many false claims being pushed through social media. CARES Act Funding pdf
Politics: The 101- An Excerpt.
“The past is prologue.” William Shakespeare “What ruined my country, and drove me from my home, was the introduction—into the Army, of all places—of your theory of Political Dichotomy! “Shall I trouble you too much,” I said, “if I ask you to explain what you mean by the ‘Theory of Political Dichotomy’?” “No trouble […]
Book Review #21: The Year of Needy Girls
The Year of Needy Girls by Patricia Smith was released in 2017 by Akashic Books. The concept is good, a lesbian couple living a small New England town where a horrific murder of a young boy occurs. There are so many ways to build a story around this. Though I was ultimately disappointed, this is […]
Book Review #20: Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: The Janus Affair
The Janus Affair is the second installment of the six-part The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series of Steampunk Fiction by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris. In this book, agents Books & Braun have to determine why and who is kidnapped suffragists via a steampunk transporting device. Sophia Del Morte and the Ministry Seven are back […]
Book Review #19: Destroy All Monsters
Published in 2018, Destroy All Monsters by Jeff Jackson is a strange tale of musicians being murdered onstage while in concert. It appears to be an epidemic of violence throughout the country. It’s unclear if these are random acts or part of an organized effort. I had the opportunity to hear Jeff talk during a […]
Book Review #18: To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes us to a small town in the deep south of America in the 1930s, and shines light onto the inequalities of race and class. Lee has the story narrated by the young girl Scout, interweaving the lives of three inquisitive children, the trial of a black man […]
Book Review #17: Seraphs from the Rogue Mage Trilogy
Seraphs by Faith Hunter is the second book of the Rogue Mage fantasy trilogy. Hunter brings us into a world about 100 years after a quasi-apocalypse when the seraphs broke out a can of angelic whoop-ass on the human species nearly wiping them out. An unexpected outcome of the apocalypse is the creation of neomages, […]
Book Review #16: Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Phoenix Rising
The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences is a six-part series of Steampunk Fiction by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris. From Pip’s website, the premise of the storyline is: “The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, with its head office located at the heart of the Empire, London, solves mysterious happenings that leave normal law enforcement officials baffled. Located […]
Book Review #15: Tequila Mockingbird
Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle is a riot! I’m jealous I didn’t think of this idea. This book came in a raffle gift basket I won during one of the James River Writers Writing Shows. There are five sections to the book, including information on bartending tools and techniques, and […]