I hope you enjoyed the popcorn and used the restroom during the intermission. I have continued to grind away. Before I move on, I must clarify my grind type. As you may be aware, not all grinds are the same. I have a drip coffee maker, an espresso machine, and a French Press maker. Each …
I am on a break from writing, having just finished The Travels of the Trier. I would even use the word sabbatical, since I wrote Travels on the heels of The Trier goes to London, after writing The Trier, revising Ironjaws, revising Back outta the World, and writing Tripio. Included in all those were edits, …
I’m writing this blog post mostly because I don’t have a book in my head at the moment. It has been a while. I remember after finished The Trier I told myself I would take a break before starting the next one. Not to be. I made no deal with myself as I moved onto …
Had a great time at the Cincinnati Coffee Festival meeting coffee lovers and readers. The intention is to return next year with the next novel in the Trier series.
Happy National Cappuccino Day! Today, we raise our cups to one of the world’s favorite drinks—the cappuccino! There’s nothing like the perfect blend of rich espresso, steamed milk, and a touch of frothy foam to start the day or fuel a creative afternoon. For those of us who love coffee and a …
A few months ago, I began work on the third Trier novel and was doing some reading to help me with the background of one of my characters. The character is a weatherman who works at a very badly run TV station called WONO, as in “Oh-No!” Anyway, Gil (his name for …
Writing books Would you buy a book from the guy behind that table? I hope not. I wouldn’t, even if it were me. But it was me at a Half-Priced Books south of Indy back when my first novel Tripio had been published early spring 2019. Yuck. I look at that photo now …
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” The word decide …
The goal is to commit to a structure that can take on a life of its own, instead of creating only when the mood strikes. – Rick Rubin, music industry superstar. I am a system. – James Harden, NBA superstar. A structure I am not sure if there are a lot of similarities shared by Rick …
Happy Everyone now and then I think about revising my first novel, Tripio. I’m guessing that I am not alone in this, especially on one’s first novel. When I actually voiced this over a phone call to my book producer, who I worked with on the Trier, his response was that a lot of …
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