June 2, 2025

Today, June 2nd, marks five years since I released my first book, In Times of Trouble. The world was definitely a different place back in 2020. We were living in the shadow of a pandemic that would not only prove to be a great challenge to us as individuals, but also as a nation. Although…

Audrey Finds The Light

When the last of the community had finally left, Audrey locked up the church and made the short trip home. Though the two buildings stood within shouting distance, today the walk felt like a Tolkien-esque journey. Where the roadside met their sidewalk, she paused a moment and glanced down the road. Before they’d left, Jen…

The Old Man Told Me

Once upon a time, when I was still a paramedic and we’d just finished a particularly unusual call, I remarked to the E.R. doctor that someday I was going to write a book about what it’s like in that world. “Honey, they’ll never believe it,” she said. And I know now that she was right.…

A Cast Of Characters: The Women

Perhaps one of the bigger challenges for a writer is developing characters of the opposite sex and making them convincing. In the first book, this wasn’t too difficult because many of the secondary characters, both male and female, are kinda one-dimensional. They serve more in a supportive role. One exception would be Ruby Fisher, who…

The Crow

I don’t normally write poetry. To be honest, I don’t get it, but every once in a while something comes to me fast and I’ve no choice but to write it the way it wants to be. One morning several winters ago, I finally got around to shoveling the driveway. Sure I could have fired…

“What’s Next?”

That’s a question I’ve heard once or twice in the past month or so and have asked myself repeatedly since the release of In Times of Trouble: Crossroads back in November. The short answer is, “I have no idea,” but then that’s not entirely true. I told myself when the third and final book in…