I am just spreading the word. If you use IngramSpark to print books, they are raising their prices again. This time by 6%. Are we not surprised? They released the following statement: “Amidst significant … Read More

Three days of virtual writer’s conference. Looking forward to pitching another novel that is running around in my mind. It will be a novella, a mystery. While Zoom conferences are just not the same … Read More

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill

Those of us that served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America during the Vietnam War cannot forget that traumatic time in our history. May we not be forgotten.

Oregon writers will gather with their readers this weekend, November 9-10, for one of Portland’s biggest literary events of the year. So let me put in a plug for a new writer, J.S. James, … Read More

“In winter, when the green earth lies resting beneath a blanket of snow, this is the time for storytelling. The Storytellers begin by calling upon those who came before who passed the stories down … Read More

This Memorial Day I have someone special to remember–the grandfather I never met.  In fact, I had never known much of anything about Fred Harmon Cooper, the person after whom I am named. He … Read More

Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting, published in 1996, follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh, Scotland, and their passage through life. Over the last year, I have enjoyed hours … Read More

Taking an Alaskan cruise just begs having a great novel to read. My latest thriller novel set in Southeast Alaska is perfect for those days at sea. Here is a blurb that is sure … Read More