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Ernie Cline: From Spoken Word to Armada
I first discovered Ernie Cline several years ago on a podcast called IndieFeed Performance Poetry. His spoken word piece “Dance Monkeys Dance” was witty, thought-provoking, and humorous. But it was another piece called “When I Was a Kid” that really caught my attention. Packed with pop culture references that any 80s kid would appreciate, this…Read More
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Last Chance to Get Engineered Underground for Free on Amazon
Special Offer! This Friday and Saturday (June 12-13), the Kindle edition of Engineered Underground will be FREE on Amazon one last time. Engineered Underground is the first book in my Metamorphosis series, a science-fiction story packed with action, mystery, and military intrigue. It’s also a real-world superhero origin story! I hope you’ll head over to…Read More
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Slippery Fish (A Poem)
Slippery Fish That slippery fish you see Dancing in poetry She is a lie. I say She is a fantasy A pretty mermaid beckoning you Casting shadows across your sea Certainty, She is the golden coin Inside the fishbowl We all want a piece Consider instead the chameleon Shifting her colors, rolling with the moon…Read More
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Engineered Underground Will Be Free on Amazon This Sunday!
Special Offer! This Sunday (May 17, 2015), the Kindle edition of Engineered Underground will be available for FREE at Amazon. Synopsis: Wendy Watson is an engineer who has dedicated her life to building a machine that will revolutionize medicine, but her world is thrown into upheaval when she comes into possession of extraordinary technology and…Read More
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The Star Wars Generation Awakens
In 1980, my family took a vacation in Lake Tahoe with some of our relatives. We rented a cozy cabin and spent the week listening to the only decent eight-track tape anybody had bothered to bring; I heard Blondie’s “Call Me” a thousand times while playing Risk that week. 1980 was a special year, because…Read More
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Blackbird (A Poem)
Blackbird She’s a blackbird, chipped and dry Marble lines: gray, black, white Face weathered, wings tethered Beaded eyes, all-seeing outside the light In gritty squawks She talks to the night Laugh lines and rusty bells Secrets she tells in whispers and sighs You can fly She’s war-striped and spangled Her mangled nest left behind A…Read More
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The Kindle Edition of Engineered Underground is Free This Friday and Saturday
Special Offer! This Friday and Saturday (April 17-18, 2015), the Kindle edition of Engineered Underground will be available for FREE at Amazon. Engineered Underground is the first book in my Metamorphosis series, a science-fiction story packed with action, mystery, and military intrigue. It’s also a real-world superhero origin story! I hope you’ll check it out….Read More
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Thoughts on Transcending Genre
I’m a huge fan of science fiction. When I go shopping for new books or when I’m surfing for new movies and TV shows to watch, I almost always hit the sci-fi section first. But I don’t limit myself to this one genre. On any given day, you can find me reading historical fiction, children’s…Read More
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Engineered Underground is Now Available on Amazon
If someone had the means, motive, and opportunity to become a superhero — in the real world — what would that look like? Engineered Underground is the first book in the Metamorphosis series, which explores how and why people might someday enter the realm of super-heroism. The story melds various sub-categories of science fiction, including…Read More
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Engineered Underground: Cover Reveal
Today I’m excited to reveal the cover for my forthcoming science-fiction novel, Engineered Underground. The book is the first in a series that incorporates various sub-categories of science fiction, including military, superheroes, and mystery. Here’s the synopsis: Engineered Underground There hasn’t been an international armed conflict on Earth in decades. After years of peace, militaries…Read More