Category: about books

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    Launching Fiddling with Death

    The 3rd Thriller in the Josh Kavanagh Series Fiddling With Death’s official book launch started February 10 and ended the 17th, with the earliest reviews any of my books have had. Usually, it takes a month or more after a book launch for the first review to appear. This time, the first four came out […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    #1: A Josh Kavanagh Thriller Short Story

    SECOND SHOT The Patriot Oath’s Chapter 3 from Rachel’s POVThis is a Reader Magnet  Suki entered the dining room, looking excited for the first time since the assault. “He’s here!” she said, her voice animated. The chatter around the table stopped. Rachel thought, Who got her excited like that? The only empty chairs at the […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    My Battle between Building an Author’s Email List or finishing Fiddling with Death

    Since my first novel, My Splendid Concubine, came out in December 2007, I’ve done almost everything legal to promote my books. Still, there’s one promotion method I haven’t tried, creating an author’s email list that includes free reader magnets. “An author’s email list is a collection of email addresses from readers who have opted-in to […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    The irony of digital devices eating our brains

    To entertain us 24/7, and allegedly make our lives easier and happier, we are only making our species dumber, disturbed, and irrationally more dangerous. With the arrival of AI, I think our biological brains are going to shrink a lot more until all that’s left is our reptilian brain where fight or flight resides. The […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    “Oh, You Hate Trump!” she said.

    That happened to me when a Trump supporter discovered I didn’t support him. I never have. My reply to that Trump supporter, who brushed me off, not asking for my reasons, and may never read what my answer would have been: “No, I despise him.” This Trump supporter never asked for my reasons. It seems […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    You’ve heard of Writer’s Block, right?

    Knock-on-wood. As an author, I’ve never had writer’s block. Still, I am a reviewer suffering from being a Clogged Critic. Like being stuck on the freeway with so much traffic, you’re not moving. Why did I say, “knock on wood”? Sorry, I digress. My mind is like that, and it takes the discipline the U.S. […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    Josh Kavanagh Thriller Series launched with Never for Glory

    He’d give his life for his country. But this time, it’s personal. Josh Kavanagh burns for vengeance. Parachuting with no backup into a lawless area of southern Venezuela, the Special Ops legend is intent on hunting down the rogue agent who put his wife in a coma. But as soon as he gets feet on […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    Living with PTSD One Day at a Time – a book review

    If combat or abuse of any kind, mental or physical, has traumatized you, I’m suggesting you read this memoir, even if it is the only one you real in your life. If you hate to read, then listen to the audiobook. Geeze, no excuses! You may also want to read this memoir if you know […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    RAGE! Trump RAGE! Trump RAGE! Trump

    “This is deadly stuff,” the president told Woodward in a Feb. 7 conversation,

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    An American Allegory Revealed through Stargirl

    What defines a fake Christian?