EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO HEAR THIS NOW
2021 To Be A Big Year For My Writing
My cat, Curious, who keeps me company as I struggle to create. A welcome goodbye to 2020. We have just bid farewell to the worst year America has endured over my lifetime, and I was born during the second Truman Administration. 2020 ended with numerous new historical records we’d hope to never see: a raging, […]
FLORIDA AG MOODY MUST EXPLAIN HER SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY-SUBVERTING SCAM LAWSUIT
Here’s the e mail I sent to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R). I’m not holding my breath waiting for an answer, but should I receive one, I’ll post it. E MAIL TO FLORIDA AG MOODY: As a fellow Floridian, and a fellow member of our state bar, I am trying to find out what possessed you in […]
Read My Latest Short Story:”A Well-Dressed Man”
Why does a short story, whose title suggests a sartorial theme, start with a picture of a smiling crocodile? You’ll have to read it to find out! After publishing the second novel in my Bangkok-based NJA Club series ( Click here to visit Bangkok Shadows page, and Click here to visit Bangkok Whispers page) I […]
EXPERTS AGREE: TRUMP IS A NAZI SYMPATHIZER
For years, I’ve been saying Trump is a racist and a Nazi sympathizer. Looks like I’ve got some expert opinion on my side. Trump’s gene comments ‘indistinguishable from Nazi rhetoric’, expert on Holocaust says Tom Embury-Dennis,The Independent•September 21, 2020 The presidential candidate made the comments during his presidential announcement Donald Trump’s rhetoric about “good genes” […]
AT LONG LAST: BANGKOK WHISPERS RELEASED ON AMAZON KINDLE – Sequel to Bangkok Shadows Is Another Exotic Noir Thriller
It’s been a more than two years since Bangkok Shadows was released on Amazon as an e book and print on demand. It was my first novel, as well as my first run at self-publishing. I learned a lot about marketing, and hopefully used what I learned about writing and promotion in Bangkok Whispers. Bangkok Whispers features […]
“A Shot in the Ass”: My Just-Published Short Story
I wrote this short story a few years ago, when living in Bangkok, and presented it to my writing group, KEYBANGERS BANGKOK. As usual, their input proved invaluable. I reworked it and showed it to the Tampa Writers Alliance, who liked it and persuaded me that it really fell within the historical fiction genre. Up until […]
WHAT MAKES WRITING “HISTORICAL FICTION” ?
Left to right: Salida, Colorado, once a booming mining town; Tutankhamen Exhibit, Paris, France; Sign where the Berlin Wall stood. (Photos by author). I recently submitted a short story to my writing group. It was fairly well received, with some very constructive critiques, the kind that make a story even better. What surprised me was […]
READ “THE KALAMZOO KID”, MY LATEST SHORT STORY
“THE KALAMAZOO KID”, a pulp fiction story. (Published in Crimson Streets, July, 2019) I am delighted to be doing something I haven’t done in too long a time: post on this blog! I’ve been rather busy, with fiction writing and other pursuits, which is not an excuse, just an explanation. This short story was just […]
WRITERS AND REJECTION-DON’T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN
Dear XXXXXX: Thank you for the opportunity to read “XXXXXX.” Unfortunately, your story isn’t quite what we’re looking for right now. In the past, we’ve provided detailed feedback on our rejections, but I’m afraid that due to time considerations, we’re no longer able to offer that service. I appreciate your interest in XXXXX Magazine […]