UPDATE:
Hello and Welcome to my website. Thank you for joining me.
Where I've been & where I'm going:
Thursday, January 28, 2021
New Year - New me!
Like many of you 2020 was not the best year for me. All of the lockdowns, etc. caused by the Covid pandemic hampered my travel plans, my new endevour (working part-time in real estate), and basically everything else I would normally do. I also had two major surgeries; one the end of July and the second in mid-December.
I'm doing fine and ready to get back to normal (such as it once was). And for me, normal means back to writing and getting out to bookstores.
This past several years I have been working on two books: "The Umbrella", which was taken from the short story of the same name that I published in my collection; and the second, "Blood Moon Murders", the fourth novel in the Hap Pozner series.
I want to thank all of you who have been checking in on this website and I promise to be more vigilant in my adding new material every week. Next week expect to see an excerpt from one of the two new books that will be out later this year, with an excerpt from the other following in a few weeks.
I will also (in February) have a link to preorder each of these books at a special price. They will be available as personalized signed copies.
Last September I gave a presentation on writing mystery stories at OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at UNC-W.
What a great experience - first time leading a Zoom meeting. I hope everyone enjoyed the presentation. I enjoyed giving it.
I have been on what some call a sabatical as far as finishing the two books that I have been working on for some time now ("Blood Moon Murders" and "The Umbrella"). I call it just plain lazy; but I do plan to finish them by the spring of next year.
Now to Where I will be:
I can sum this up in one word...HOME; at least for now, until this Corona Virus is still very active. NC is in a lot better shape than many other states as far as numbers of cases, etc.
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I hope to get back to the bookstores in New York State that promote my books sometime in the near future (possibly next spring). I will be visiting the stores in North Carolina.
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Copies of all of my books are available at the following locations:
Two Sisters Bookery - Wilmington, NC
Island Books - Carolina Beach, NC
Dog Ears Bookstore - South Buffalo, NY
Rust Belt Books - Buffalo, NY
The Bookworm - East Aurora, NY
Off the Beaten Path - Lakewood, NY
The Book Shoppe - Medina, NY
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"Blood Moon Murders", the fourth book in the Hap Pozner series & "The Umbrella" (from my short story of the same name), should be released in the fall (2021).
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I am also, planning on getting back to the musical that I started and shopping out the two plays to local theater groups ("Husbands-in-Law" and Larry Stromberg's "Life Behind the Razorwire").
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An Update on my puppy, Finn.
Finn is my Border Terrier; now just over one year old and already has found his place in our hearts and family. He and Missy (my wife's six year old Havanese) act like brother and sister. Finn, not unlike Missy (and Bravo before him) has trained himself. Except for a few puppy antics he is a very happy, friendly dog.
We have so much to learn from dogs...they live in the moment. When we are able to do that we are at peace.
