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  Hello Everyone, I hope y’all have been having a great summer.   I can’t believe it’s already getting to be the end of August! Kids are back in school and school busses are a regular sight on just about every road I travel. I’m also seeing Halloween decorations in the stores already.   On that note, if you haven’t already read THE WEAPONS THEY USE, here’s a tiny spoiler alert—sort of. But not really. THE WEAPONS THEY USE is set at the end of October over HALLOWEEN week. Once you read the book, you’ll understand the reference. (Some of you might already have made the connection.)   I will be giving away 10 free copies through GOODREADS contest. You can go to the GOODREADS giveaway page to sign up for your chance to win, or go to my website here and click on the ENTER GIVEAWAY button!   THE WEAPONS THEY USE has already received 5 stars from not only Reader’s Favorite, but Reedsy Discover and Amazon readers.   Click here to read REEDSY review   Click here to re

  Hello, Everyone, As many of you know already, last summer I published my first science fiction novel titled THE WEAPONS THEY USE . It’s what is called a soft sci-fi or present day sci-fi. Either way, this book has gotten some incredible reviews! Reader’s Favorite gave it 5 stars as did many Amazon readers.   Here’s a little known fact about this book; THE WEAPONS THEY USE is the novelization of one of my own, original screenplays. I’d gotten the idea several years ago when the Las Vegas shooting took place in 2017. This wasn’t the first such event that had everyone shaking their heads in horror and anger as they asked, “Why is this happening? How can this keep happening?” After some intensive research into this devastating phenomenon, I’ve found some very disturbing facts that I’ve included in the book. There have been 340 mass shootings in the US alone between 1966 and 2016 with 96% of the shooters being male, with the average age of 33.4 years. There have been 2,526 casualti

 Hello, It’s been quite a while since I’ve had the opportunity to take a moment to relax and share what I’ve been up to. In my last blog post, I wrote about what I’d learned that agents look for in sample pages, as well as links to where I’d found the information. I truly hope those words have helped you. Personally, I have put those suggestions into practice by going over my own work. As a result, I’ve had a couple of agents, and one small publishing house, request my full manuscript. I was so excited I couldn’t help but crow about it to a few of my close friends and family. (I hope I didn’t jinx myself…not that I’m superstitious!) Now, I’m biting my nails waiting to hear back from them. It takes time. Agents and publishers alike are inundated with queries and they must sort through them all. The query is your introduction, so that’s where you have to sell your story. That’s step one. Step two, if they find your query intriguing and want to see more, they’ll request pages . . . An