Dispatches from the West

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The Long Ride to The Blue Horse

I was recently in Hawaii, my favorite place on Earth, soaking up nature’s magnificence and marveling at all its wild, wonderful creatures. Naturally, as a writer with a penchant for the dark and twisted, I couldn’t just enjoy the grace of humpback whales or the...

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On the Passing of Janet Reid

It’s funny how life works. I’ve been planning for some months now to get back on track with this newsletter and update you on all the wonderful things that have been happening with my books, and I was going to do that by talking about every agonizing (and yet...

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The Peacock and the Sparrow

It has been a while since my last newsletter…the past few months have been a whirlwind, to say the least, and my intention was that my next post would be about the launch of THE BITTER PAST and everything great that has happened with it. I promise to do just that very...

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The Funny, Scary, and Incredibly Lucky Human Race

If you’ve been following my journey the last couple of years, you know that my novel, THE BITTER PAST, revolves around that whacky time in our history when we were figuring out just how fast we could destroy the world. As we anxiously await publication day on July 18,...

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Christmas Edition (On the Importance of Lying to Your Kids)

WARNING: DO NOT LET YOUR YOUNG CHILDREN READ THIS AS IT CONTAINS LIFE-CRUSHING SPOILER ALERTS Some young friends of ours recently made the decision to actively avoid any mention of Santa Claus to their toddling son during the holidays this year. Their almost-four year...

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It REALLY is all about the journey

Whenever I run into people who know I’m an author, they always ask when my next book is coming out, and invariably, “Why does it take so long?” It’s a really good question. To answer it, let me take you on a journey. I began writing this novel just over three years...

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