Category Archives: Memoirs

Writer’s Burden Crushes Chair

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Desk chair collapseMy daily companion for many years collapsed yesterday under the weight of writing three books: HOTEL CONSTELLATION: Notes from America’s Secret War in Laos; The Mark of the Spider; and most recently, Beware the Spider.

That’s right. My desk chair died.

I was not injured, but the sound of the left arm giving way under the strain of tens of thousands of typed words startled me from my day dreams. I mean, it interrupted my plotting of a new story for readers.

Fortunately, one of the office supply stores is having a sale on chairs (ending tomorrow), and I got a new one for less than what the old one cost.

You served me well, chair. RIP.

 

Book 3 Coming June 17

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There they are: Proofs of the three books I’ve managed to kick out the door.

My Viet Nam-era memoir, HOTEL CONSTELLATION, and the first Black Orchid Chronicle, The Mark of the Spider, are still available on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Scribd and Smashwords.

The Mark of the Spider is available FREE on Amazon in ebook format for just a few more days.

On Monday, the lastest but probably not the last, Beware the Spider will debut.

Give it a look.

More to Come

I’m taking the summer off from the Black Orchid Chronicles, but I’ve committed myself to finishing a sci-fi first contact book I’m calling PSNGR.

And I’ve told myself I must wrap up the short story about my experience as a morgue escort on a dark and stormy night many years ago. I think I’ll call that one A La Cart.

A Room Without Windows: Horace Mann

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“A house without books is like a room without windows.”

― Horace Mann

I feel a special connection with Mann since he served as the first president of my alma mater, Antioch College.

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Windows serve two functions:

  • To let in light.
  • To allow us to see out.

Antioch filled those roles for me wonderfully.