January 14, 2023 Cruickshank is an old Scottish name. My father was most parts Scottish, some parts English, and one-quarter German. My mother’s surname was Kenny, and her parents were poor Irish country folk who coincidentally emigrated from Galway about the same time at the turn of the twentieth century. They hadn’t met before getting …
January 7, 2023 I cannot type due to poor dexterity related to my MS, so when I purchased a new computer, and after my wife helped me rearrange my office to install it, I spent two days working on software problems related to the transition. And I know I am not unique to such frustrations! …
Mine is a writer’s life: Technology delays and editing realities. Read More »
December 28, 2022 Nothing trumps family, especially during the holidays. We have been enjoying splendid Southern California weather for four days – sunny days and cool evenings. While nothing trumps family, there is a pecking order within families, and grandchildren inhabit the top of the pyramid. And just believe me when I tell you our …
Every author has their (most) Strategic Reader. I am married to mine.
Like most authors, when I’m not writing thrillers or historical fiction, I’m reading a wide range of fiction and nonfiction. I thoroughly enjoyed Pappyland, by Wright Thompson. I consider the book inspirational because when learning about a business or passion blossoming into something remarkable, I grow impressed by the people who toiled through good and …
The Emerald Cross, a thriller pitting an ex-Green Beret hero and his female Army comrade against a Mexican drug lord and cartel, debuts April 2023.
November 30, 2022 This time of year, just before or after Thanksgiving, my wife likes to decorate for Christmas. I wheeled into my office to write and edit and stayed very much “in my head” for half the day as there is always book work to complete. I wheeled back into the great room that …
Mine is a writer’s life. Christmas season has begun! Read More »
November 25, 2022 Eagle Bay pits a brilliant Oregon Coast business maverick and philanthropist against his once loving and always competent adversary – his ex-wife. I was told by someone who has read and edited 3000 manuscripts that Eagle Bay has more plausible twists and surprises than anything he’s reviewed. My hope is that readers …
November 16, 2022 Here is the cover of my soon-to-be debut psychological thriller, Eagle Bay. The antagonist Thomas Westbrooke is dark, disturbed, and complex. The protagonist, his ex-wife Skye McCloud, is a good woman who discovers she is a pawn in her second husband’s charade of a life. Thomas, Skye, her two children, and other …
November 8, 2022 If I knew my writing journey would be this challenging, I still would have pursued it. When you start creating manuscripts from scratch with no English lit, creative writing, or journalism degree, you soon realize it will require great effort to succeed in the incredibly demanding realm of book writing and publishing. As I healed from an accident, it grew …