The Spanish conquistadors, like the Vikings, have always fascinated me. Not all the conquistadors were noble men; many were hardened mercenaries in search of conflict and a small share of bounties, when they were offered as a reward for helping to enrich and expand the Spanish Empire. And others, of course, were gallant men doing work […]
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I am a crazy huge fan of butterflies and birds! Having grown up in Southern California, before DDT and other chemicals (and additional factors) decimated populations, I would count 20 or 30 monarchs on the hedge adjoining our neighbor’s property. 2021 saw a huge upswing in the annual monarch count across the Golden State, and
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My head is barely above water! But my debut novel, Eagle Bay, was launched on June 1! Hooray for small miracles! I am waiting for two more editorial reviews to be completed and delivered, and my fingers are crossed. To date, I’m beyond pleased with the editorial reviews overall. Though I don’t necessarily require that
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It is one hell of a project taking a book from concept to readers, especially for a person who cannot type! I am thrilled to have Eagle Bay out in the market and in the hands of bibliophiles who have downloaded the Kindle version over the past week. Beginning tomorrow, June 1, paperback and hardcover
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My debut dark psychological thriller, Eagle Bay, will be available on Kindle for $0.99 beginning tomorrow, May 26. It will increase one dollar per day until it reaches the list price of $7.99. So Friday is the time to download if you are an e-book reader, and I hope the experience will be a memorable
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Crazy busy pre-launch week! Let’s start with the most important news: My wife and I celebrated our 39th anniversary! Seems like yesterday that we sat inside an Italian restaurant in Scottsdale on our first date, where I contemplated how to get this woman to marry me. Somehow, I pulled it off. We attended a City
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“Cruickshank sets this multi-generational thriller in a small Oregon town where the Westbrooke family has long wielded power over its neighbors. Despite his cold and tyrannical father’s rep as a ruthless businessman, Thomas Westbrooke, single and focused on his career in the family firm, is lucky to call the solidly middle-class John McCloud his best
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I am busy as can be preparing for the June 1 release of my psychological thriller, Eagle Bay. I must be slurring these past few weeks because my speech-to-text software doesn’t seem to recognize what I’m trying to say and thus type! Slurring can be a symptom of MS, so my fingers are crossed that
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This is a proof copy of EAGLE BAY, my psychological thriller to be released June 1! The e-book is available for preorder on Amazon, and the paperback is available for preorder on Barnes & Noble (links below). Hardcover versions will be available from both sites within 10 days. It’s a cool feeling to hold a
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I grew up in an era of no smartphones and social media, and that’s probably great fortune. My buddies and I did things in college you would get arrested for today, perhaps even shot for. Some of that reflection is exaggerated, but much of it is not. Classes were not attended as often as they
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