Archived Posts from: June, 2009

Cast a Hero; Win a Book

Filed in: Contest Stuff | Writing    Tags: Field of Danger
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Ray Taylor, former Marine and Memphis PD detective, is the sheriff of Tennessee’s rural (and fictional) Bell County. He’s a secondary character in my December book, Field of Danger—one who tried desperately to take over the tale. Obviously, he needed his own story.
Which he gets in a proposal I’m sending to Steeple Hill, working title [...]

Many Thanks…and on to the next show…

Filed in: Contest Stuff | Life | news    Tags: Field of Danger
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The last few days have been mentally rough – lots of soul searching, praying, and decisions to make. My ego also got a bit out of control and had to be yanked back into line. The backstory would be boring, mostly, but I can’t say thanks enough to the folks who’ve sent good thoughts and [...]

Quick Update and Book Review Monday

Filed in: Book Reviews | Family | Life | news    Tags: Eva Marie Everson | THINGS LEFT UNSPOKEN
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Earlier, I posted a review of Brandilyn Collins’ Dark Pursuit (highly recommended). I’ve decided that I need to do more of these, not only as a way to spread the word about great Christian fiction, but to keep my reading on track. Today’s book, Things Left Unspoken, is one of the best I’ve read recently. [...]

The Last Butterfly of Summer

Filed in: Wild Ramblings | Writing   
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Every writer should have a summer like I did in 1971.
Unlike what you might expect, 1971 was not a coming of age summer. That had happened the year before, when my brother showed up at our back door in an army uniform. In fact, nothing really major happened in 1971. At least, not to me. [...]