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Apr.26.2013
Why, people ask, do I wander the world? Why do my wife and I spend time in other countries, seeking out places that are different from those we’re used to and are comfortable in?
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Apr.13.2013
When I began writing DUBROVNIK, my historical fiction novel with modern urban twists, a simply plot evolved. I didn’t outline the story or characters when I started writing, but having worked and lived in Dubrovnik, Croatia, I understood many of the complications involved. Gathering geographical...
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Nov.23.2011
I saw the pink sky from my living room window, grabbed my Canon SX110 is, and ran across the front courtyard to the driveway, composed the shot at 10x zoom and captured the dry ninety degree sunset on August 18, 2010. I didn't even check the setting on the Canon but I knew that nature's show...
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Oct.12.2011
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Traveling via water taxi, Venice, Italy
Travel is my thing.
I love seeing new places, eating new foods, meeting new people, and experiencing new things.
Maybe the travel bug...
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Jun.09.2011
When an acquaintance was called upon to perform a special assignment he more than jumped at the chance, he had plunged into it like a scuba diver. He solicited my help, and me being a quiet humanitarian type, within two weeks we embarked on an assignment so clandestine that James Bond movies looked...
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Dec.10.2010
An incredible fifteen thousand (15,000) total views on this redroom.com site. That is terrifically fascinating. I've had my share of fights, drank my share of alcohol, raised my share of complaints, accepted my share of defeats, traveled my share worldwide, written my share of novels, and now, I...
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Nov.05.2010
DUBROVNIK excerpt pages 150 - 152. Enjoy.
Celestine stood next to me behind the others. An HK MP5K reduced size submachine pistol seemed appropriate, it settled in her grasp like another appendage. I wondered if she knew her weapon could take off heads at 900 rounds per minute. A small bulge under...
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Oct.29.2010
Posted a photo of my inside writing environment. This French Château in Monterey is 82 years old. One of the best built homes in the community, and completed when John Steinbeck lived down the road in Pacific Grove.
I will finish writing my new high-concept manuscript here, REGGIE ROCKETSHIP AND...
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Oct.28.2010
A n excerpt from DUBROVNIK. A novel detailed with conflict, romance, castles and dreams. Chapter 15, pages 160-161. The sequel to DUBROVNIK is VITRUVIAN MAN, a powerful look at a mercenary turned philanthropist.
Chapter 15...
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Aug.13.2010
An excerpt deleted from my novel DUBROVNIK:
The icy-cold water kept my eyes open. The steep river bank drifted fifty-feet to my right. Ibiza, the seventy-foot yawl ten-feet above me, was unreachable safety.
When your mind goes blank, your eyes sheen over, and your body becomes unresponsive while...
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