Hemingway
The recent Ken Burns documentary on Hemingway (three-part series on PBS) was a fascinating reminder of the power that a single writer had on shaping American literature. During my forty-year university teaching career I taught a course in Hemingway a
Review of Bad Axe
One of the minor drawbacks of publishing books independently (meaning outside the New York publishing world) is that few Indie books garner reviews. While it’s debatable that newspaper reviews have a great impact on sales, when a reviewer as perceptive
Pandemic Reading
Been reading a lot during these last few months. More than usual and not just because of the pandemic. When I finished Bad Axe back in the spring, I decided to wait a while before beginning the next one. A
Gratitude
Just wanted to thank, belatedly, Lon Shapiro, of Guttman Shapiro Creative Group for his excellent work on the cover of Bad Axe as well as a knockout Book Trailer, and a complete redo and update of the website. Lon also
Johnston Atoll
I can’t always recall the exact starting place for each novel. Usually there are several seemingly unrelated ideas kicking around in my head for a while and some mysterious fusion occurs between them that points me toward a starting place,
Independence Day
I was born on the Fourth of July, so independence was one of those multi-syllabic words I learned early. One of my most vivid memories from my youth was when I was eight or nine accompanying my dad to the
Tennis
(The Florida Presbyterian College tennis team, 1968. That’s me, kneeling, second from right. With hair.) I started playing tennis in the early Sixties on a pitted asphalt court next to the basketball gym in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. My buddy Bryan Lesueur
Politics and Thorn
I doubt that Thorn knows who the president is. Without a TV and no sign of newspapers or magazines in his day-to-day existence, it’s unlikely he knows much about current events or pop culture. He’s a reader of books, but
