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“…one particular night, not long after we’d first started going out, I picked her up at her parents’ place and watched in awe as she glided across the porch, dress shimmering in the moonlight, unknowingly acting out the opening lyrics to ‘Thunder Road.’” —From Traveler [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypL7b6B0ZTE&w=854&h=480] Anyone familiar with Bruce Springsteen knows that Mary is […]
(As our two novels both are coming out at about the same time, fellow Writing Lad Lennox Randon and I interviewed each other about our projects. Joined by Rob Cline, the three Writing Lads will read from our latest work Sept. 3 at Next Page Books in the New Bo neighborhood in Cedar Rapids, at […]
The Gazette’s review of “Prisoner” is up, along with a Writing Lads feature and reviews of Rob and Randon’s latest. Read the article on the Lads here. Randon’s “Memoirs of a Dead White Chick review is Rob Cline’s “Slices” review is here. Thanks to Mary Sharp for the kind words!
The use of music in the Traveler Chronicles has sparked a lot of conversation. This is the first in an occasional series of posts that talk about the music mentioned in the Traveler books, and why each song or artist was included. Poco is one of the most fascinating groups in all of pop music. […]
It’s Release Day! Book Two of The Traveler Chronicles, Prisoner, is now available. Of course, I’ve been blathering on and on for months about the book, so let’s hear from someone else for a change. Terri LeBlanc, book blogger at Second Run Reviews, has the (dubious perhaps) honor of posting the first Prisoner review to Goodreads. Here’s a […]
Here it is! The FINAL pre-read chapter of Prisoner before the book launches on Aug. 1. Pre-order the book on Amazon today. The Kindle version is just $2.99. We have a goal to hit #1 in the Sci-Fi/Time Travel category, and we can only do that with a bunch of pre-orders. Check out my special pre-order offer! This […]
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 MY HEART SANK as I watched more than a dozen ghostly figures move around in a seemingly random fashion. If I looked closer, however, there was some rhyme and reason to their motion. Some seemed to be in conversation with an unseen second person. […]
Sometimes people ask me what is best, ordering a book online, buying it from a local bookstore or from me at a signing. Here’s what helps the most: Pre-ordering the book on Amazon. (No, I’m not throwing my local bookstore under the bus. More on that in a minute). These days, the main success indicator, particularly […]
OH, CRAP.I looked around. Fortunately, Adam and Ward had both moved out of sight. There was no one else around, but I had to be careful. There was a camera on this lot.I opened the back door and leaned in, careful not to put any weight on him. I checked his pulse. Nothing.Great. Another dead body on my hands. I just stood there for a while, staring into his lifeless eyes. He was dressed exactly like the first one, all in black. He also wore a gun belt, but in addition to a holstered gun on one hip, there was a long, narrow leather sheath hanging from the opposite side