American Pioneer

        In 2009 I started working on a second major body of work. That piece was a factional account of global sporting event.  The work...

  In the Covid era of "writing" I have had the opportunity to put more hours into my craft while I remain at home car...

>   Day 54. That was last Friday. I fractured a rib.   I would love to be able to say that it was a result of some super huma...

  The day could not pass without reflection.   This day will always be linked to another, which will haunt my horrors.   In Memor...

  There is nothing That I am enjoying, about caring for an elderly parent.   There is little that I am, personally, accomplishing, e...

Photoshoot.

Not all bad things have evolved from this period. Yesterday I was able to submit a feature article, the first such submission in almo...

So much for protecting the writing time. In a recent 17 day writing challenger, I managed to complete...one day. In the past three ...

Some days are harder than others. The writers copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and Miracles arrived today. I cannot even l...

In Australia, the last Thursday in September is National Police Remembrance Day . My personal list is...heart breaking. Tony Greave...

This week I have been in Orlando, Florida , enjoying a vacation. The day after I arrived, news reached me from Australia of the passing ...

Which Australian author has signed for a third book this year? :) 

This 4th of July weekend, Murphy has given me the opportunity to have two Amazon best sellers in a month. Presenting, Geocaching GPS:...

The Fall of Saigon. Earlier this week I got to listen to the first hand account from the man on the right in this photo. ...

  The major project - back on the query trail.   Another anthology book has accepted one of my stories.   The local newspaper is loo...

   The major project has been sitting for the last few months, waiting. Lamenting. It needed an ending, a conflict, an unexpected cliffh...

  For some reason, after I advised the listener earlier this week of another rejection, I was asked, "Why do I keep writing?...

"I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself." - J.K. Rowling.   ...

  Cover story at Eugene Daily News .   Australia Post Moves Into Oregon .

  A third appearance in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series will occur in October 2014.