Calling the American church out of the shallows and into the deeper waters of the faith
In lieu of a ‘Sunday Reflection,’ I am taking a minute to update my progress on my current novel, The Colder Moon. The third book in my new series, The Wandering, it is due to my publisher at the end of December. I’ve been running a bit behind, but after a pretty good week last … Read More “Weekly Goal” »
It’s time for my Sunday Reflection, in which I post some of my thoughts on almost any issue connected to writing, faith or life in general. Last Sunday I wrote about the joy of knowing (and using) the ‘right word’ in any given situation. The more you read and experience the English language, the more … Read More “The Surprising Word” »
It’s time for my Midweek Recommendation, in which I commend to your attention books or music or movies or anything I find worth recommending. All right, so maybe I’m cheating a little bit, but I’m going to talk about my new novel The Darker Road for this week’s ‘midweek recommendation.’ For those of you who … Read More “The Darker Road (at last)” »
It’s time for my Sunday Reflection, in which I post some of my thoughts on almost any issue connected to writing, faith or life in general. Have you ever been in a conversation where the person you were talking to started a sentence, then paused, seeming to search for not any word, but a particular … Read More “The Right Word” »
While I wait for the release of The Darker Road, the first book of my new fantasy series, The Wandering, I am trying to get book three of the series started in earnest. I’ve written much of the prologue, enough to register a full 2% of the projected length of the book. So, I thought … Read More “The Colder Moon” »
You hear stories from time to time of famous writers or famous composers – or whomever – and how some popular book or piece of theirs was something they personally didn’t like very much, or conversely, how some obscure, unpopular creation was their favorite even though it never took off. It makes me wonder if … Read More “Inside Story or Out of the Loop?” »
While there are many challenges in ‘indie’ publishing, one of the really beautiful things is the creative control you retain in areas that normally you don’t have much say in, and cover art would be one of those areas. I’m very excited about the story in The Raft, The River, and The Robot, (the book … Read More “Fantastic Cover for R3” »
It took a little longer than expected, but the Amazon page for the paperback version of Avalon Falls is up and the paperback is available. The cost for the paperback is $11.99, and it can be bundled with other Amazon items to get the free ‘SuperSaver Shipping’ if you’d like. The ebook version is $2.99 … Read More “Avalon Falls available in Paperback” »
You’re invited to my Avalon Falls, 7/11 at 7 party. The idea is that if you want an ebook copy of my crime novel for adults, Avalon Falls, I’m asking you to consider buying it this Wednesday night, 7/11, at about 7. The price for the ebook is only $2.99! Hopefully, even if there’s just … Read More “7/11 at 7” »
So, I have 4 different writing projects at various stages of development. Here are the updates on all 4… Avalon Falls AKA, ‘the Crime novel’ I received the Kindle file of Avalon Falls and read through it, noting a few places to make corrections, and I’ve sent it back to the interior design company that’s … Read More “Writing Projects Update” »
