Archive for August 2025
This one goes up to 12
I will keep this short today. I’m editing the sequel to Cold Island. There’s a deadline. So I need to go light on blogging this week. The good news is that Episode 12 of the Deported to Sweden podcast dropped yesterday. What is DtS you ask? It’s a podcast where one of my oldest and…
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Twenty-five years ago I went on my first deployment to Kosovo. I was a 27 year old First Lieutenant, prior enlisted soldier, with a lot less experience than I should have had given those facts. The deployment still stands out in my mind. It was a great adventure, where we also felt like we might…
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A few weeks ago I stopped into my regular packie (that’s liquor store if you aren’t a New Englander) because there was a critical shortage of whiskey in my house. I only have myself to blame. I have been going to this particular for the last 18 years or so since we moved to our…
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I am thrilled to announce that Cold Island was selected to be an Amazon First Reads book. People think it false modesty when I say that I am incredibly lucky to be a writer. My friends say that its my talent that got me here. Sure, there’s something to that. The truth is that had…
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