Category: About writing

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    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 before the end of the…

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    #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 table were for Suki and…

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    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 receive updates and news from…

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    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 home of PTSD. Why think…

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    I wonder if these three Founding Father with a time machine would help get rid of Trump…

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    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. Marines pounded into me decades…

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    Boredom

    People who are often bored are at a greater risk of developing anxiety, depression, and drug or alcohol addiction.

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    The Story of Lucy – Beautiful Thing

    The real Grace VanderWall is a Beautiful Thing.

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    An Author Interview with Lloyd Lofthouse at the HBS Author’s Spotlight

    What is Lloyd Lofthouse’s next book about?