Dear Reader, It is fitting that the new Supreme Court ruling called Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission should have been decided during Pride Month. Like most Americans, all I knew about the case was the mainstream media pronouncement, “The Baker Won.” Well, not so fast. I turned to Read more…
Dear Reader, Memory is a strange phenomenon. Just when we think we’ve pinned it down, it throws us a curve. My memories have been all over the place recently as I write about a particularly vulnerable section of my life. I’m sure I’ve told you that my narrator shares certain Read more…
Dear Reader, And now, on to Volume III! AND LOVE ENDURES is an even more intimate story than the previous two. In order to plan it and write our narrator’s adventures, I’ve had to dig down into everything I know and remember about love and relationships. Some of it is Read more…
Dear Reader, I hope you’ll tell me when you find typos. They have the inevitability of Greek tragedy. But as far as I know, the text is right, and the covers—ebook, paperback, and hardcover—are stunning. Thank you, Tim Barber (dissectdesigns.com). LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC is live! The process of getting Read more…
Dear Reader, With only a week to go before Volume II is published, I decided to offer any of you who have not yet read Volume I the chance to receive a free download. This will be for a limited time only, just from now through May 15. So if Read more…
Dear Reader, Fourteen days and counting! It all goes so fast. LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC is set to release on May 1, as scheduled. There’s always something, of course. In this case, as I told you last time, I felt the need of a few edits to the story. That Read more…
Dear Reader, Just when I thought I was ready to release the text of LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC to the printers, I heard from an old friend I had sent the manuscript to. Kathie deNobriga was a classmate at Wake Forest University, and fellow student actor. Kathie is the one Read more…
Dear Reader, Audacity Books has a new home, and I hope you’ll approve of it. Everything else pretty much ground to a halt this last week while the new website captured all my attention. Now that it’s done, I’m sure there will be some kinks to iron out. And I Read more…
Dear Reader, I am often reminded of the importance of gratitude in my life. And the reminders are not always gentle. Whenever I start to feel overwhelmed by the tasks before me, I remember a story a friend told me years ago about a time when he was feeling quite Read more…
Dear Reader, Volume II, LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC, is one step closer to reality. Three steps, actually: the text is off to the editor; the cover is finished; and the ebook is live on Amazon for pre-orders! Thanks so much for joining me on this journey. Tim Barber at dissectdesigns.com outdid himself this time. If Read more…