Jun 28, 2019
Elizabeth Gilbert said in a podcast I listened to recently that when she was a teen with aspirations to be a writer she decided that she would make a pact, that she would not ask her creativity to take care of her. Instead, she would take care of it. I like that a...
Jun 19, 2019
The podcast of my book “Pushing Back,” the first in the Boone series, released Chapter 12 this morning. That’s about a third of the way through the book, and reading each chapter aloud and hearing the voices of Boone, Nancy, Mr. Everett, Deputy Anderson, Boone’s...
Jun 12, 2019
In Chapter Eleven of my podcast, released this morning, Boone gets caught on the way home after skipping half a day of school. Later, he takes a big chance on his next visit to the old man and gets a surprise. As always, you can find all the chapters at this site or...
Jun 9, 2019
This morning my wife told me about a CNN article she ran across describing a developing trend about the decline in alcohol consumption in the US. It opened with a description of a New York gathering place that was alcohol-free and featured a drink called a “shrub”...
Jun 8, 2019
Chapter Ten in “Pushing Back” is out this week. A painful memory threatens to overwhelm Boone when he is reminded of his family. He meets his neighbor’s daughter and her husband, and later has another unexpected visit from the local deputy. As always, you can...