III Progress Report

As the Kenny Rogers and The First Edition song released in 1968 goes, I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In). Between shoveling snow here in northwest Pennsylvania and working on the third book of the Ridgewood Chronicles, I haven’t been blogging like I should. Plus, there’s the holiday shopping and … Continue reading III Progress Report

Happy Free eBooks Halloween

Get free ebooks of Night of the Hell Hounds and Trespassing today at Amazon for your Kindle. Save some money and join the spooky Halloween fun by including my books in your library. You’ll find stories for young and old and read about ghosts, witches, monsters, and more in the pages of my books. Readers … Continue reading Happy Free eBooks Halloween

Free eBooks Today

Get free ebooks of Night of the Hell Hounds and Trespassing today and next Friday at Amazon. Enjoy the spooky fun of Halloween by including my books in your library. You’ll find stories for young and old and read about ghosts, witches, monsters, and more in the pages of my books. Save some money and … Continue reading Free eBooks Today

For the Love of Short Stories

On the 20th last week, I celebrated with my dad his 91st birthday. I took him to lunch, then sat with him in his apartment and talked about the past: “The Good Ol’ Days” as many people who lived in the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s tend to call those decades. He grew up in a … Continue reading For the Love of Short Stories

Discovery, Surprise, and Fun When Writing

I am neither a plotter nor a pantser when I write my books, yet I do both. Plotters blueprint their stories with outlines; pantsers don’t. Authors who don’t outline, “walk with their characters and listen to what they have to say,” to paraphrase William Faulkner. As a mostly-writes-short-stories author, I don’t outline my plots but … Continue reading Discovery, Surprise, and Fun When Writing

Paperback Winner Results

Thanks to everyone who took part in my paperback books giveaway in July. Unfortunately, there were no winners. I plan to have another contest after I publish the third book in my Ridgewood Chronicles series. Here are the answers to the five questions I posted for the contest: 1. What is Vree Erickson’s actual first … Continue reading Paperback Winner Results

Ridgewood Chronicles Cover Art

July is always my busiest month of birthdays, graduation parties, celebrating the Fourth, and the lawnmowing, weed pulling, and other lawn and garden requirements it brings. All that busyness creates a productivity freefall in my art and writing projects, including this blog. So, while some of us are sad to see the month end, I … Continue reading Ridgewood Chronicles Cover Art

Congrats on the getting the new book to proof reading. We have been getting a lot more snow than normal…

Glad you are getting it done Steve! Love that Kenny Rogers song as well...I like the rocking Kenny.

Hey Lola. Thanks. 😊

I'm looking forward to reading it, Steve!

I hear you on the speed that a week seems to pass. Our Thanksgiving weekend was in October, but I…

My 91-year-old dad says the same, only it passes in the blink of an eye. I'm not there yet but…

Happy Anniversary and Happy Thanksgiving. When my Grandfather turned 90, he said a decade goes by like the snap of…

I love sunlight on the fall leaves as much as sunlight on a fresh snowfall, Rebecca. I may have to…

I get a lot of story ideas when I go on my nature walks. Glad you enjoyed these photos, Joseph.

Beautiful. There's nothing quite like the brilliant colors of autumn.