It’s impossible to write for a living and not have an opinion on the Bolton case. Mine: Federal District Court Judge Royce Lamberth’s ruling was the only reasonable result of a case where both parties were acting in the Worst. Faith. Possible. We know the Trump admin acted in laughably bad faith when it launched …
Kindle Edition Now on Sale for 99¢ on Amazon from Feb. 26 to March 4! Attention Kindle readers looking a new book for 2019: Starting Feb. 26, the Kindle edition of Tea in Crimea goes on sale for just 99 cents. The deal lasts until the end of March 4, so get it while it’s …
February 2014: Russian troops have seized Crimea without firing a shot, but the scent of budding violence permeates the air. Sergeant Viktor Belov and the members of Squad B guard a lonely checkpoint. Euromaidan activists and young lovers Danilo and Angelina run from a tightening police dragnet. An aging Tatar farmer faces increasing hostility from …
February 2014: Russian troops have seized Crimea without firing a shot, but the scent of budding violence permeates the air. Sergeant Viktor Belov and the members of Squad B guard a lonely checkpoint. Euromaidan activists and young lovers Danilo and Angelina run from a tightening police dragnet. An aging Tatar farmer faces increasing hostility from …
Alright, alright, alright … I bashed out a trailer for Tea in Crimea to share around on social media, and thought I’d share it here on the blog, as well. If this doesn’t grab you by the shirt collar and compel you to read, I don’t know what will.
Four years of hard work have come to a close, and my debut novel, Tea in Crimea, goes on sale July 30. It’s been a long, difficult road, and I’m very, very happy to finally arrive at the end of this journey. Print version comes out July 30. Kindle version comes out Aug. 30. Back …
Dave Bowman: “You see, something’s going to happen.” Heywood Floyd: “What? What’s going to happen?” Dave Bowman: “Something wonderful.” (Apologies to Arthur C. Clarke, but I couldn’t resist.) I wanted to post a quick update to let you know that I have a project underway that I think you’ll enjoy, but to pull it off, …
Inside jokes: Brayden King’s vlog was full of them. This would explain why he giddily chanted “Gummy bearsss! Gummy bearsss!” with a ridiculous, drawn-out “s” while standing over the hefty kid’s corpse in the school library. The video was Brayden’s latest triumph and would cement his reign as one of social media’s most-watched personalities. It’s …
Spoiler Alert: If you intend to read PKD’s “Flow My Tears,” but haven’t yet, wait to read this post. Do you ever purposely shelve a book to build up your sense of anticipation and eventual satisfaction upon finally reading it? Thanks to work, side gigging and parenting, I don’t get the time to read as …
Laying on his back, Billy watched his cigarette smoke curl and coil upward toward the slowly rotating ceiling fan. He’d take a drag, exhale and watch the blue-white dragon’s tail unscroll from the cherry of his Marlboro, constantly twisting and changing until it finally rose to the point where the fan would dissipate it. This …