The Place (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781508825951)

Biography The Great Adventure: Writing in general has been an amazing blessing in my life. It has provided escape when I've needed it, as well as a conduit for a creativity, which feeds a part of me I value. Writing has also shoved me forward into things like: new technology, business, and the willingness to risk. It has made me thicker-skinned and able to take as well as implement criticism, which has almost always made my writing better. I now look at writing as the perfect nudger. It's always nudging me to explore, write better, never give up. It's such an adventure to write. Most writers would probably agree that along with the sweet, comes the bitter. Rejections, writer's block, and deadlines pepper positive comments like, "best book I have ever read," and the much sought after, "I just couldn't put it down." Writing late into the night and reading what you have written and not believing you could write such an amazing thing, then taking a new look at your creation in the harsh morning light and saying, "What a load of crap!" is all part of the process. But most of the writers I know keep writing regardless. We all have to. We have no choice. What's Coming Up: And so my writing adventure has continued along this way. I have a stash of novels I'll be offering up to the world. After Hope, and In the Mousehole, will come The Place, a mysterious story about a woman who remembers another life, but cannot determine where she came from. I can't wait for you to read that one. Rough Cut will come next. It's my favorite. It is the loosely told tale of my father's life: his disabilities, abuse, The Great Depression, riding the rails, World War II, and a great mystery. He's a character you'll never forget. Then Arabesque, a suspense thriller with twists and turns and a subplot that covers the unique relationships of sociopaths and their enablers. I'm presently working on two other historical fiction novels, one is named Sparrow in Winter, and the other hasn't told me its name yet. I'm enjoying writing the sequel to Hope, called Bark Watcher. It tells the story of Micah, a mountainman, who everybody fell in love with while reading Hope. I hope you will join me and we can wander through this adventure together. I'd love to hear from you from time to time. You are the real reason I write.