Certain people, events and occurrences stick with me and no matter what I do, I can’t forget about them. The death of three men in Bristol, England is something I’ve never forgotten. They died a few months apart some time in the […]
Last year, I received an interesting request from a reader. The person sent me a check and asked me to send them a box of autographed books, didn’t matter which ones. The person wanted to be surprised. I thought this was cool […]
Come on, which is it? We do have other customers… “Give me liberty, or give me death!” ~Patrick Henry
I drive Julie to distraction with this one. She’ll hold up a radish or something and say, “Will you eat this and if so, how will you eat it?” I have issues with fruit and vegetables. I don’t know where it stems […]
“What are you doing?” “Something.” “Well, it doesn’t look like something.” I had a lot of conversations like this in school with teachers that usually led to one of those “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” kind of lectures. Sadly, my footwear […]
I think this is a rule on Match.com…maybe not. 🙂 “If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them” ~John Waters
I first met Royston fourteen years stealing melon from a pig. Six months old and malnourished he was an odd looking longhaired dachshund, but Julie and I had an instant connection to him. Since then Royston has become my sidekick…or have I […]
Except when there’s a tornado running off with your home.“All problems are illusions of the mind.”~Eckhart Tolle
My expansion into the German book market grew by one today with the publication of Die Abrechnung des Kinderfängers aka the German language version of PAYING THE PIPER. The jacket copy goes a little like this: “Über Jahre hinweg wurde der […]
Several of my stories from DRAGGED INTO DARKNESS are being used in the classroom environment to teach students about literature. Wow, can you say, a feather in your cap? It’s quite a compliment to learn that my work is being used for […]