Author of Historical & Literary Fiction
I thought it would be fun to do a Wordle for Five Fathoms Beneath. What’s a Wordle you ask? A Wordle is “a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.” It gives more emphasis to words that appear more commonly in a piece of text or manuscript. I entered the entire manuscript…
I always loved when Snoopy did his “Fierce Vulture” persona in the Peanuts comicstrip. Here’s a young green heron doing his impression of “Fierce Vulture.”
I’ve been collecting book covers on a Pinterest board to send to my cover designer. Check out some of the cool covers I’ve collected by visiting my board. 🙂
Title: The Pitch That Killed: Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920 Author: Mike Sowell. Buy it on Amazon (available as an ebook and hard copy). On August 16, 1920, with the Cleveland Indians locked in a tight pennant race with the New York Yankees, Carl Mays “beaned” Indians shortstop Ray Chapman at…
They don’t show off their color very often, but in the right light …
If you’re a new writer trying to navigate the shark infested freelance waters, you want to know you’re not just throwing your money away and are going to get someone reputable, reliable, and dependable. To that end, I am listing some editors, beta readers, and other folks I’ve worked with personally in the past and…
It’s always *very* important to do a full safety check before taking off.
A green heron pretends to be a giraffe. Although they are more often seen with their necks tucked, green herons have incredibly l-o-n-g necks.
We’ve all had them … It’s been one of those days.
So where are good places to see green herons? Green Herons can be found over *most* of the continental United States during the summer; they are limited in the winter to warm weather climes, like California, Florida, and parts of South Carolina. Green herons generally don’t live in the “Rocky Mountain” states; they would be…