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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Of Angels and Miracles


Do we ever really consider how events on this Earth transpired? Do we ever look at gaps in the historical record and wonder, what if?

Of all the events that occurred in our lives do we sometimes look back with regret and wish they had happened differently?

What happens when we die? Are we aware of the life we just lived? Do we meet people we knew on the other side? And finally, is it possible for us to have a second chance to right wrongs that happened in our lives?

They say you know exactly when you are touched by an angel. It may be when we face danger and someone or something not of this world influences the outcome. It may be as subtle as a twisted ankle, a red traffic light, or a squirrel crossing the road causing us to delay our activity for a few seconds or it may be as profound as a missed taxi, train, or plane. Whatever it is we can explain the ‘what happened’ but the ‘why it happened’ is lost in our orderly rationalization of events.

Explore these and more in the stories included in: Of Angels & Miracles


Friday, March 15, 2019

Character Images from a Novel - "Missing in Montana"


Character Images from a Novel - Missing in Montana

An author knows how his characters look but the reader doesn't until they develop an idea from reading the book. Sometimes that idea of how the characters look is far removed from what the author had in mind.

I took the liberty to download two royalty-free jpgs of what FBI Undercover Special Agent Axe Killian and cult-abducted Eden Child (Peta Ross) would look like in my mind.

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FBI Undercover Special Agent Axe Killian:






















From the back cover:


Axe Killian was a Knuckle Dragger, ex-military, now undercover FBI with a Harley, an attitude, and a secret.

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Cult-abducted Eden Child (Peta Ross):















From the first sentence of my novel:

Peta Ross was trapped between a past that failed her dreams and a future that would deceive her faith.

This photo of Eden Child/Peta Ross made it onto the back cover of my novel.

Let me know what you think in the Amazon review section of my book by clicking on the title link.