Author of St. Michael Poker & Drinking Club and Baxter's Friends
I've been asked to do a signing/reading at the Morrison-Talbott Library, Waterloo, Illinois on Saturday, September 6, 2014. I will have copies of BAXTER'S FRIENDS and RUNNING AT NIGHT to purchase. Hope to see some of you more...
Baxter's Friends, Library, Morrison-Talbott, readking, Running at Night, signing
Continuing my comments on books that influenced me most, I can truthfully say Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier contained the most beautiful use of language of any novel I've read. The book is lyrical, poetic. It is well known that Hemingway eschewed adjectives. Recently, I read a quote attributed to Twain, the essence of which was if a writer is unsure about the use of more...
adjectives, Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain, Hemingway, Twain
I will have two pieces published in July. The first, ONE MAN'S PATRIOT, will be published by 100 Word Story. It was an interesting exercise writing a complete, coherent story in 100 words. The second is WILD BILL, which will appear in Red Earth Review. WILD BILL is the story about the uneasy relationship between a retired, middle aged accountant and his neighbor, more...
100 Word Story, Iraq war, micro fiction, patriot, Red Earth Review, short story, Wild Bill
Down Cemetery Road is the much-anticipated prequel to the unforgettable Baxter’s Friends. Ned Randle raises the curtain on the formative years of Billy Bright’s life, revealing a formula for his adult years that is at once both intoxicating and utterly sobering. Down Cemetery Road delves into the disillusionment of adolescence sadly often shot down by mid-life.
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