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Call for First Readers
Howdy! It's been a week since I sent out the Advanced Reader version of my (hopefully) forthcoming novel, Murder in the Glass Castle, asking for your input. (Click on the link if you're still wanting to receive a copy.) Based on your response, and having...
Mom Day 2023
It’s near the end of May. A few days after Mother’s Day with Memorial Day just around the corner. That sounds like a battleground for some. A reason to celebrate for others. My mother spent Mother’s Day at the bar, the Big Sky Bar, I think it’s called, celebrating...
Book Review: Death Trap
A Mystery Novel by John D. MacDonald A wonderful reading experience for the fan of traditional amateur sleuths with a hard edge. My Take On the Novel Death Trap was a great read. The characters are interesting without being unrealistic, and the story situation makes...
Amateur Sleuth Hour
Welcome to Amateur Hour. Amateur sleuths. Amateur author. This is not to self-deprecate. My ego remains intact. It’s my acknowledgement of skill deficiency that illuminates the challenge. When I first started working out details for the next Connor Pierce novel,...
The Mystery of the Confused Website Builder
It was one of those bright, sunny days, the kind that keep the outsiders out and the insiders in tears. Nobody should live in this artificial gloom. It’s the kind of fluorescent or LED pretension meant to fool occupants into false security that they’re getting a...
Amateur Sleuth Inspired To Solve Crimes
This blog post shares, briefly, what inspired Connor Pierce’s initial story.After my brief 5 ½ year tour in the US Air Force, I accompanied my military wife and children to Okinawa Japan. I spent most of those five years learning the nuances of conflict...
Children of the Storm
A conversation with a friend made me think of my children. Rather, children, in general. Or maybe I mean the parents of children. “Do I really want to know the damage I’ve caused them?” My children love me. I know that, because they tell me on a regular basis. And it...
A Grand Slam
The Grand Canyon. The first time I saw this amazing natural wonder, I found it hard to believe. My first thought was, This is a painting. Our minds struggle to process a phenomenon so vast. Up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep, the Grand Canyon challenges our reality....
Entitled: King. Or Queen.
What started it all was a neighbor who bought a big, like in full size, four-wheel drive pickup truck with attitude. I don’t know if he made the purchase with attitude, per se. But the vehicle is obnoxious. Not by itself, sitting in a pasture near grazing cattle, or...
Mark Wm Smith
An overeducated, blue-collar cowboy, I grew up on along the banks of the Yellowstone River in Eastern Montana. Raised by a long haul trucker and a bartending waitress, I learned the hard ways of the modern frontier, scraping life from the unforgiving high chaparral.
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