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Yet again,

Half way through Gone To Ground, an ICE protest breaks out on the streets of the Shoe, though in truth, it was a fraction of what took...

Facial Recognition Is Coming

Okay, it's already here. And the results are mixed at best. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2025/police-artificial-in...

Bad News For The Bullet Train

If you're wondering what a "pier" or a "viaduct" is (this would be what Carlos is in charge of), take a look at this recent article....

Look! Up In The Sky!

Yet another plot point from the manuscript shows up on page 1 NYTimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/nyregion/drones-nj-ny-east-coas...

The Party Car

Apparently the bullet train is not coming to the Shoe, but it should be a fun ride! https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2024-09-17/socal...

Bent Border Agents

While Gone To Ground pushes the boundaries of credulity, I could find at least one real wold example that mirrors the events of the book....

The beat goes on...

Got through the first door of an indie I am hopeful on. Been fueled by the news, though got dropped in one competition. Have hired some...

The Statue In The Marble

Michaelangelo–or so I heard–saw The David in the marble, encased in rock, leaving his job as one of liberator, I suppose. Dennis...

The Problem With Great Books

On a good day, I might come up with a clever phrase, maybe the right pairing of words to elicit some new perception or an apt description...

Darling Axe

I've found there is a whole lexicon of writerly words and phrases, terms of art. Such as filtering, purple prose, and then this one -...

Postponement

At one point in December, I'd grown frustrated with the raft of rejections and ghosting and said to myself (think Tom Cruise in Risky...

Release Date:

Barring any last minute interest from a publisher, Gone To Ground will hit the streets on May 7. Excited to be finishing the...

Like Parachuting Into A Rainforest

That's me on TikTok. And let's just say the parachute had a rip. I can't say I did much research or planned anything beyond a topic,...

Release Date and Free Tee Shirts

Gone To Ground will go live on Amazon May 7 (pre-order here). You could spend most of adulthood watching videos about which how best to...

Coming To Vella

Faithful readers, I am pleased to let you know I have posted all 101 episodes (which vary in length from 600 to 1400 words) on Kindle...

Ripped From The Headlines...

Though Gone To Ground may sound outlandish (okay, it is), "cousins" of many if not most of the plot elements can be found in the LA Times...

You Call It Tomato..

As local readers may know, the book takes liberties with the names of some of the locations. As of this moment (and subject to last...

The Off-Stage Spigot

My wife and I drive the 134 here in LA to visit her mother and sister who live about an hour from us. Near Burbank, the freeway passes...

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