On this beautiful October day in Mesa, Arizona, I’ve decided that there are primary focuses in my life. Writing my short stories, ghostwriting two books, editing other books and making certain my […]
Musings on life 10/25/2024
Scary people sneak into your life daily
After 30 years of interviewing people, I’ve found that my intuition doesn’t fail me. Maybe I don’t know all the behavioral “tells” that a master profiler in the FBI knows, but I […]
Stool pigeons at the courthouse: ‘Shake a Tale Feather’
“So you folks want to remarry after 15 years?” asked the gum-smacking counter clerk with perky blond stiff-sprayed hair of the couple standing before her. “You got your original divorce papers?” I’d […]
Marriage is a dance that takes two; sometimes the gyrations go the other way
Walk into the scene: Thanksgiving buffet at a resort hotel. Two guys sitting next to me. The Danish guy was pithily opining to his younger guy friend. I was about to head […]
My grandmother drove a 1948 Lincoln until Daddy took it away
Grandmother Mabel drove a 1948 Lincoln until the crisis came. She drove through the new red lights in downtown by blowing her horn. “That should be enough for them to get out […]
Did he really say that? Yeah, he really did
Once upon a time not so long ago, unfortunately, I heard an elected official say, “We need to move out everybody over 55 to make room for the young people.” Yes, he […]
Seeking a guy with a pet rat on a leash?
When you’re in a hurry at an I-55 rest stop in Mississippi, nothing gets in your way. But I closed my car door a little more slowly as I watched a […]
Was Gov. Blanton guilty? Ebooks can save history for future readers
Sometimes a prize arrives in 900 pages of unedited notes. That happened about three years ago, when we took on the editing, design and publication of “Ray Blanton and I” by Shorty […]
Intriguing sci-fi: When an author creates a great premise and fulfills it in his book
I have this great author I know well — my spouse and partner in life, Jesse Hillman. Back when we dated 27 years ago, he shared his sci-fi romance novella with me […]
Our author wrenched my heart
I’m editing one of our authors whose book is near completion, and he has reached the turning point. Betrayed by a friend, he resigns his ministerial post — even though he’s […]
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