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October 8, 2021

Thorn’s House

Back in the early eighties when I was first living full time in Key Largo, I found the place so exotically beautiful that as I began to write that first novel set in the Keys, […]
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August 30, 2021

What I’ve Been Up To Lately

Been reading a lot and watching a bit of TV in the evening when the eyes are tired. (And of course I've been chasing the cursor across the blank page. More on that later.) […]
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May 18, 2021

An Interview from the Distant Past

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May 13, 2021

Hemingway

The recent Ken Burns documentary on Hemingway (three-part series on PBS) was a fascinating reminder of the power that a single writer had on shaping American literature. […]
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November 24, 2020

Video Interview for Bad Axe

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October 15, 2020

Review of Bad Axe

One of the minor drawbacks of publishing books independently (meaning outside the New York publishing world) is that few Indie books garner reviews. While it's debatable that […]
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September 10, 2020

Pandemic Reading

Been reading a lot during these last few months. More than usual and not just because of the pandemic. When I finished Bad Axe back in the spring, I decided to […]
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September 10, 2020

Gratitude

Just wanted to thank, belatedly, Lon Shapiro, of Guttman Shapiro Creative Group for his excellent work on the cover of Bad Axe as well as a knockout Book Trailer, […]
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July 10, 2020

Johnston Atoll

I can't always recall the exact starting place for each novel. Usually there are several seemingly unrelated ideas kicking around in my head for a while and some mysterious fusion […]
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June 24, 2020

Independence Day

I was born on the Fourth of July, so independence was one of those multi-syllabic words I learned early. […]
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