Mark’s desk is overflowing with thrillers, Jacobine adventures, anthology deadlines, and even a dash of erotica. Add in a Kickstarter campaign, real-world book selling, and you’ve got the “good kind of busy.” Coffee recommended.
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Last week, I watched The Life of Chuck — twice. I’d already read the book, so I knew what was coming. But having just survived colon cancer and stared death in the face, the film landed differently for me. It stirred up all kinds of thoughts about what I’ve done with my life… and what
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Feet of Clay has just been selected for Barnes & Noble’s Unputdownable Books (You Can Read in a Day) promotion, running August 15th – 29th. This is good news. Great exposure. But here’s the better news: You don’t have to wait. If you haven’t read Feet of Clay — the story that kicks off the
Just a quick reminder, Assassinating Yesterday is currently on pre-order at half price of just $2.99. After it release on November 28, it will jump up to full price of $5.99. If you’d like to make sure you get it at half price, here’s the link to pre-order: https://storiesrulepress.com/product/assassinating-yesterday-project-gateway-1-0/ In the meantime, here’s the first chapter. Enjoy!
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Happy Saturday! (I hope your Friday the 13th was a good one!) Based on the emails I’ve been getting in the last week or two, several of you have noticed that I haven’t done my regular Saturday posts for a couple weeks now. So, I thought I’d bang out a quick one to let y’all
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Happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a brilliant start. Let me ask you a question: Who shot J.R.? Do you remember? I don’t, actually. I do remember that in the summer of 1980, you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting someone who was talking about it. The season finale cliffhanger of
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Happy Saturday! So, I was in the middle of writing a post for Monday about an imminent new release and suddenly realized I still hadn’t written this morning’s post. Crap! Some of the research for that post had me looking at something that happened in the late spring of 1980. As most of you know,
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Happy Saturday, A couple of Saturdays ago, I asked for your suggestions for what to put in a goodie bag for a grown-up’s goodie bag. And, you obliged, in spades! Although, believe me, this might be the most expensive goodie bag in the history of goodie bags. But, it would make the party and the
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Happy Saturday! Some of you are aware that Tracy and I, for health concerns, shifted to eating a whole-food, plant-based diet in August 2021. If you’re aware of that, chances are you’re aware of just how good the results have been. In the seven months since we started, we’ve both removed all of the negative
Happy Saturday! Tomorrow is my dad’s birthday. Still going strong at 86. So tomorrow, we’re headed over to mum and dad’s for birthday cake and coffee. My two brothers and their wives will also be there. We’ll have a few laughs and celebrate my dad being here for another trip around the sun. Remember having
Happy Saturday! When I woke up this morning and hopped on Twitter, I discovered it’s Catherine O’Hara’s birthday today. Then, when I jumped on the IMDB, I found that, actually, her birthday was yesterday (March 4th). It’s entirely possible I have different memories of Catherine O’Hara than many of you. She’s become well known for
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Happy Saturday! This past Tuesday was being touted on social media as “Twosday” because it was 2/22/22. It was also the 25th Annual Birthaversary. If you’re unfamiliar with the Birthaversary, I wrote about it here. It was a quiet day. There are still restrictions in place up here. The primary of which, in regards to