Insurgent Chapter 1.2
“General, we just got a call from Second Brigade. Seems that one of our relief patrols was ambushed in Boone County.” Brigadier General Tom Murphy looked up from the report he’d been reading. His aide-de-camp,…
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Insurgent Chapter 1.1
Lieutenant Jonathan Blake leaned against the door of his humvee, eyes vacant, and stared out at the pristine snow as the convoy drifted forward. Two feet deep mostly, unplowed; some of the snowdrifts were three…
Insurgent Prologue (2)
When Joe Blankenship was growing up, the steep-roofed cabin had nestled in a clearing halfway up the slope of the mountain, surrounded by lush forest. The logs had settled over the decades, causing cracks to…
Insurgent Prologue (1)
She no longer knew how long she had been in the cell. It was a tiny cage, not much bigger than the bathroom in the apartment she could barely remember. This was nothing like that…
New Years Action: Giving away my book for free
I’ve never been one for New Years resolutions. Quit smoking? Yeah, right. However, a New Years action I can deal with. Here’s the plan: starting today, I’m going to be giving away the ebook version of…
How podcasting and free content is changing the publishing landscape
There’s a great piece in this morning’s Broward-Palm Beach New Times about J.C. Hutchins, who has been podcasting his 7th Son series over at Podiobooks.com. The most important quote: sleep is for pussies. J.C. is…
Niagara Falls Reporter: Republic review
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Hanchette (named by Gannett as one of the top ten journalists of the last decade) has just written a truly wonderful review of Republic. Here’s some excerpts. You can check out…
Prayer at Rumayla selected as book of the month
The Podler Book Review today selected Prayer at Rumayla as the book of the month! Thank you!
Prayer at Rumayla earns spectacular review
A few weeks ago I submitted Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War for review to the Podler, a book review blog. Last night the review came back, and it was far better than I…
Another step
Another step I finished the second draft of “Murphy’s War” today. Hooray! Now its time to work on the third draft. I’m actually taking a couple of days off from that project to work on…