August was just a busy month, but it also marks a major milestone. Near the end of the month, the 100,000th copy of Muirwood was downloaded to someone’s Kindle. Not sure who that person was or exactly when it happened, but 100,000 is a big number considering last December it
I know some of you may be thinking this will be about the new Pixar movie “Brave”. While I’ll admit to having seen it and also admit that the lead character Merida bears many haunting similarities to Lia from Muirwood, this isn’t about the movie. We just returned from a
The first posting on this blog for ‘The Wretched of Muirwood’ was made almost 6 years ago. Amazing how time flies: Read Original Post Here As of this posting, over 30,000 people have it on their Kindles or have purchased a copy of the print version. I just wanted to
When I was in college at San Jose State, I took Latin classes from Marianina Olcott. That is where I learned about the Roman concept of Virtus (pronounced “where-tuus”). It was a trait that the Romans respected, but it did not mean just virtue. It included other qualities too: prudentia
While we were celebrating out of town this weekend in Nevada City, we were window shopping on Broad Street and came across something that made me stop and stare. I had to buy it and told the proprietor of the store about “The Wishing Lantern” and she said she couldn’t
We had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. Layered bacon on the turkey on the grill this year and it turned out fabulous – probably the best yet. Great time with family and lots of Phineas and Ferb. Somehow that show gets even funnier the later the hour. Go figure. Just a
I’ve recently created some book trailers for the Muirwood series and posted them on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjWK_CyP_TQ (book trailer: no faces – some readers want to use their own imagination for what characters looks like) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwWoSANkgcs (book trailer: with faces – for the readers who want to know how I envision them)
My home office smells like Muirwood apples right now. One of the great things about living in California is all of the orchards nearby. and a few weeks ago we got a huge box of pears, which the kids promptly devoured. Last week it was Fuji apples which we’ve also
I’ll admit, this one has me stumped right now. Normally, a book’s title is one of the first things I am able to come up with when starting on a project. I announced on this blog previously that my new project is called Kenatos and so that has been the
Where I work, there is a daily poll of employees that asks all sorts of random questions. One came up recently that caught my eye – it was asking what made us buy a book. I voted, of course, and was able to see the total results shortly after. I
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