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Expats in Vietnam: A possible upcoming writing mini-project

A friend of mine who is a writer himself, Joseph Pereira, recently brought up a subject we’d both thought about for years ago. This was a compilation of expatriate memories of Vietnam in the days of “opening”. The idea is to get people who lived in Vietnam either before the United States dropped its embargo [...]

Why it is good for authors to meet up…

Gary Dale Cearley highly recommends for authors to join writers’ groups and use them as master mind leverage.

Not all my Readers are Crazies!

I was pleased today to see a well thought out reader’s review on my book Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness. Up until this point I get lots of e-mails about my book but have had not so many reviews. That isn’t so curious for me due to the fact that it is easier for [...]

Insanity and Fratricide: The String to be Snapped

I recently read about a tragic case of fratricide in Ohio in which the murderer, Larry Evans, Jr., killed his older brother, Brian Evans, a local policeman.  The family, and many in the town, have been in shock over this case.  I recently read and reviewed an excellent book by author Robert Paul Blumenstein, Snapping [...]

Vatican Islam Conspiracy in the Wikibin?

I was just referred to a page on Wikibin where the Vatican Islam Conspiracy had been removed for whatever reason from Wikipedia.  One of my friends Googled my name to see what came up and saw this. I often Google my own name to see what’s out there on the web about me that I [...]

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