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Dread Reckoning Garners Two Awards!
I’m pleased to announce that my novel Dread Reckoning, the ninth Bayou Haunting book, won…
The Bayou Witches releases November 29!
The tenth book in the Bayou Hauntings series will be released at the end of…
Dread Reckoning Garners Two Awards!
I’m pleased to announce that my novel Dread Reckoning, the ninth Bayou Haunting book, won first place (gold medal) for…
The Bayou Witches releases November 29!
The tenth book in the Bayou Hauntings series will be released at the end of November as a paperback or…
WHO DOESN’T LOVE A DOG…IN A BOOK?
THE STORY OF HOW SIMBA BECAME A HERO IN MY LATEST BOOK DREAD RECKONING In early 2023, my stepson found…
IS NEW ORLEANS REALLY READY FOR VISITORS?
In mid-June my wife and I returned to New Orleans for the first time in sixteen months. We’d seen ads…
REAL GHOSTS SPOTTED INSIDE AN ANCIENT FRENCH QUARTER BUILDING — THE SETTING OF MY BOOK “DIE AGAIN”!
My 2020 Bayou Hauntings novel Die Again was set in a genuinely haunted French Quarter building in the 500 block of Toulouse…
IS THIS SAVANNAH’S SPOOKIEST HOUSE?
Armed with vaccine in our arms and ready for an adventure, my wife and I joined another couple for a…
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…