I’m excited to announce the publication of my new book, Avoidable Harm. It’s available in paperback and Kindle from Amazon. However, if you have a favorite local bookstore you like to support, they can order it for you through a distributer by the name of Ingram Spark.
The teachings of literature are replete with a number of formats in crafting a coherent and compelling story. Probably the most common, which forms the basis for others, is the Three Act Story Structure. As its name implies, the story, like a play, unfolds in three acts. Most often, however, they are not presented in …
Newsletter 12/12/21Hello fellow readers! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving to start the holiday season.Speaking of which, a big THANKS to all of you who have read WRONGFUL ACTS, and especially those who have positively commented, left a review online, or otherwise promoted the book to family and friends. Since it was launched in early …
Hello fellow readers! It’s been a while. That’s right. “Been away, Now I’m back.” Redesigning and improving the functionality of my website, as well as working on publishing my debut novel, has kept me quite busy, but since it’s finished, the site is open, and I’m excited to share my thoughts with you once again. …
Add title “The thrill of victory . . . and the agony of defeat.” Sound familiar? If you watched TV on Saturday afternoons between April, 1961 and January, 1998 you most likely would recognize it as the opening catch phrase to ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” (WWOS), a sports anthology television program which appeared on …
“The name’s Bond, James Bond.” The famous self-introduction quote of the iconic character, otherwise known as “007”, created by Ian Fleming and that has sparked imaginations worldwide for several decades. The recent passing of Sean Connery, the first and arguably best actor to portray Fleming’s fictional British M16 intelligence officer in the movies, prompted me …
Welcome back to my writer’s blog! I hope you enjoyed my last post, Then and Now. Thanks for reading and sharing with friends! And if you’re new to my blog, thanks for tuning in. You can access that post from the Blog list on the header menu at the top of the Home page. So, …
Hi, there! Welcome to my Blog and my first post. If you haven’t already, go to my website Bio and My Story pages to learn more about me. When aspiring writers are deciding how to begin, the typical advice they are given comes from the words of Mark Twain: “Write what you know.” It’s true …