A Trip to Ballyvaughan
Late last week my second novel quietly became available on Amazon.com. By the end of this week it should be available at all other online booksellers, and by special order […]
Sacred Pages
It was fourth grade and I’d finally made it to one of ‘those’ teachers classes. Every school has one or two. The teacher everyone can’t wait to get. They’re almost […]
One is the loneliest number
My name is John and I self-publish. That’s how it feels sometimes. Like I’m in a 12-step program for recovering authors who just ‘think’ they are published when all […]
Ballyvaughan
Writing the second novel about Eddie Holland was an adventure that took me from Austin to Ireland, unfortunately only in words. The manuscript is with my editor now and I’m […]
Writers Write
When I designed the cover for my first book, The South Coast, in 2013, I had never designed a book cover before. I’d designed annual reports, websites, CD cover art, […]
Realistic words from John Steinbeck.
“I am so lazy and the thing ahead is so very difficult.” – John Steinbeck, while writing The Grapes of Wrath
'Tis Better to Receive than to Give
My son turned three years old one week ago today. All of the things people say are true, that time will pass quickly, he’ll be in high school before you […]
Sweet Sixteen
August is a milestone month for me. It was August 1998 when I packed up and moved from the bay area of California to the Washington DC area. I’ve now […]
Bedtime conversation with a toddler
Mommy: OK, I’ll pat you for a minute then you have to go to sleep (we are trying to get him to go to sleep on his own) Brennan: You […]