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GET MY BOOK “CALLIE” FOR 99c AND OTHER BOOKS YOU’LL LOVE FOR FREE!
Hello, everyone! HelloBooks is running a special this weekend, featuring my first Bayou Hauntings novel, Callie, at a discounted price of just 99 cents (99p…
NEW IBERIA BOOK FESTIVAL IS APRIL 9-11, 2021! AND IT’S LIVE!!!
Want a great idea to celebrate the world slowly returning to normal? Come on down to Acadian Louisiana and enjoy the BOOKS ALONG THE TECHE LITERARY FESTIVAL.…
GET MY BOOK “CALLIE” FOR 99c AND OTHER BOOKS YOU’LL LOVE FOR FREE!
Hello, everyone! HelloBooks is running a special this weekend, featuring my first Bayou Hauntings novel, Callie, at a discounted price…
NEW IBERIA BOOK FESTIVAL IS APRIL 9-11, 2021! AND IT’S LIVE!!!
Want a great idea to celebrate the world slowly returning to normal? Come on down to Acadian Louisiana and enjoy the BOOKS…
A MILLION AND A HALF WORDS…BUT WHO’S COUNTING?
It took twenty-five years to finish my first book, The Bethlehem Scroll. I started and stopped as my “real job” in the…
WHY I DON’T WRITE COVID INTO MY NOVELS
Lately I’ve received a few reviews that question why my latest novels, set in 2020 Britain and the USA, contain…
A REAL WINTER IN TEXAS
Holy moly, was it cold in Texas last week! We know about hurricanes and tornadoes and drought and hundred-degree weather,…
Thanksgiving’s Around the Corner. Here’s one of our favorite recipes!
For many years, green bean bundles have been a part of our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Everybody loves them, they’re…
Highly Recommended: a gut-wrenching book I couldn’t stop reading.
I’ve mentioned the author Joel Rosenberg in another blog, and he continues to be among my favorite novelists. I thought…
14 Books So Terrifying, Readers Wish They Never Read Them
If you’re a reader and you haven’t run across BookBub (www.bookbub.com), you’re in for a treat. They offer up dozens…
My Next Novel … and Your Homework Assignment!
Landry Drake, Cate Adams and the Bayou Hauntings team get a break for the holidays, while my readers get something different. In…
Imagine the novel “2020”
As an author, I often think of things that are fodder for another novel. Unexpected incidents, events that take a…
Six books for eight bucks? What a bargain!
Thanks to everyone for your support and interest in my books. In anticipation of my upcoming seventh novel in the Bayou…
A Dog’s Opinion of Sheltering in Place
I tell friends if reincarnation is an afterlife option, I want to come back as my dog. There was rarely…
A Writer’s Dilemma – The Coronavirus
The coronavirus is a truly awful thing. If we are willing to sacrifice even more than we have – which…
Bayou Hauntings Book Seven is in the Works!
Thanks to my faithful readers who not only buy and download each title as it’s released, but also email me…
Are You into Voyeurism These Days?
Over the past three months, we’ve all been given a rare glimpse into people’s homes. Some stay-at-home newscasters opt for…
The Botfly Incident
In August 2010, after losing my wife to a rare disease, I went to Belize to spend two weeks with…
Die Again – The Latest Bayou Hauntings Book is Available Now!
Die Again, the sixth book in the award-winning Bayou Hauntings series, is available on Amazon now. Click here to buy…
A New Book for New Orleans History Lovers
As I write Louisiana-based ghost stories, I do a lot of research and I visit cities and towns often. I’ve…
COVID-19: Is It Time to go to The Bar or Hide in the Basement
A FEW UNSCIENTIFIC PREDICTIONS Open up! Stay closed! Wear a mask! Don’t dare tell me what to do! Social distance!…
Cheers to the Courageous People of Louisiana
When I wrote last month’s blog, I had been self-quarantined for ten days. Now as we approach forty, I’ve learned…