SHERRIE, OBIE AND ROBERT FROST
The reviews I’ve received for Eyewall have been overwhelmingly positive. I few have been disparaging. But that’s okay. Everyone has different tastes in literature and everyone uses different criteria for judging books. Several reviewers commented that they found a particular scene in the book totally unbelievable and gratuitous. In the scene–SPOILER ALERT!–a female character, Sherrie,…
Read MoreTHE BIG SHOW
The curtain is about to lift on “The Big Show” in the Atlantic Basin. Tropical storm and hurricane activity will ramp up rapidly from now until its climatological peak on or around the 10th of September. All we’ve seen so far in what is expected to be a hyper-active season are a few faltering dress…
Read MoreTHE KOLTSOVO LEGACY
A psychopathic terrorist is about to unleash weaponized Ebola, The Black Death of the 21st century, on the U.S. Only Richard Wainwright holds the key to stopping the attack. And he’s wounded, wanted for murder and being hunted by a German hit-woman. So goes The Koltsovo Legacy, my next novel, due out in September 2012.…
Read MoreEPIC HEAT WAVE LOOMING?
There isn’t much stirring over the tropical Atlantic Basin yet, that is, there are no storms or hurricanes lurking in the foreseeable future. No Eyewall Janets. But that’s not unexpected in July. Meanwhile, what’s really catching meteorologists’ attention is the steroidal upper-level high pressure area forecast to burgeon over the center of the nation. That…
Read MoreIT’S BEEN A GOOD MONTH SO FAR
For those of you who haven’t been following the happenings surrounding EYEWALL and its author (that would be me) the past week or so, allow me to bring you up to date. A BEST SELLER First, the novel has reached legitimate best-seller status for Amazon’s Kindle. EYEWALL broke into the top 100 and soared to…
Read MoreIT’S NICE TO BE NUMBER ONE
It’s nice to be number one in something, even if it is in giving stuff away. Belle Bridge Books, my publisher, is running a promotional giveaway for EYEWALL. If you have a Kindle, you can download the novel from Amazon for $0.00… novels for nothin’, books for free. Better hurry, however, the promo probably won’t…
Read MoreSO WHERE ARE THE HURRICANES?
We’re a month into the Atlantic Basin hurricane season now, and only a single tropical storm. Arlene, has dared make an appearance in what is expected to be an active year. But it’s not unusual for both June and July to slide by with only a minimum of turmoil. Statistically, the first named storm in…
Read MoreA GLASS HALF-EMPTY GUY
At least nobody took potshots at me because I destroyed their island… in my novel. St. Simons is still here. As hot and humid as ever, but still beautiful. I think. It’s sometimes hard to tell thanks to periodic incursions of hazy smoke from distant wildfires in Pogo-Land. But back to the business at hand.…
Read MoreTHANKS FOR ASKING
“So how are your book sales going?” It’s a question I get asked a lot these days. I guess it kind of replaces, “So how ya doin’?” And even though I can’t answer the question about book sales because I don’t really know (see below), I don’t mind the question. At least it tells me…
Read MoreSO MUCH FOR TRUE LOVE
Although I’m a novelist, I sometimes find real-life events more unbelievable, and yes, even more horrifying than fiction. Consider what happened to my grandson, Nicholas. Nicholas is 28 years old, mentally disabled and hearing impaired. For all that, he’s friendly, outgoing and high functioning. High functioning means he’s able to hold a job, care for…
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