In the summer of 2017, my third novel, In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree was released. The book is set during and just after the American Civil War. It’s not, however, a war novel. The book was reviewed recently by a northern California newspaper. It was a good review; the kind every author hopes …
This post has been the most difficult of the three I’ve written on this subject and it will be the final one. It was suggested to me by someone that tell my readers a little more about myself. Greatly valuing this someone’s opinion, I’ve done just that. Who knows, maybe in some small way these …
As far back as I can remember, I knew something wasn’t quite right with me. I was a normal kid and teenager in most ways; it was just little things. I couldn’t go without eating very long without feeling sick and light headed. I passed out cold once when I was eight or nine—right in …
The child was wearing a collar, like a dog. The attached leash was fashioned from some sort of braided rope. It dragged on the broken and potholed asphalt between her and one of the nine men who walked several feet ahead. Her hands were tied in front of her. She moved with her head down, …
Sam Burnside stared with disdain at the ten-year-old Hewlett Packard desktop. Although he used a computer every day for his construction consulting business, he’d never really embraced the technology. The fact was, he missed his stationary: From The Desk Of Samuel A. Burnside. Even more so since he could no longer write. His wife, Sharon, …
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Last October we moved to the northeastern edge of the Sierra Nevada, and although I’ve spent most of my life tramping around the Northern California mountains, it’s the first time I’ve actually lived full time above the snowline. We chose a great year for the move:) I’m looking out of my window as I …
The following is a list of book blogs and other literary type sites I find interesting or helpful. Most are for readers, a few have good resources for authors. Chances are you can find that next great book at any one of them. I’ll add to this list frequently. Goodreads The Fussy Librarian ReadRantRock&Roll Jessica …
This will be the first in a series of posts about my life with dysautonomia. I’m a private person by nature and it’s something I’ve been reluctant to speak about until recently. Currently I’m working on a book (alongside a new novel) chronicling my twenty-five year struggle with the slow decline of my health, the …
Those of you who choose to read my latest novel, In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree, will notice a brief dedication at the beginning to someone named Landrin Kelly. It won’t mean anything to you; why would it? It’s just a name, like so many other names on so many other dedication pages, in …