Great idea. The image? Well, the grant is a great idea.

My next writing workshop is May 5th, 1 to 4 PM. Thanks Indiana Authors Awards for sponsoring this event.

The Big Secret: Starting and Finishing Your Novel - Kokomo-Howard County Public Library khcpl.libnet.info/event/9813291

Today is the birthday (and death day) of William Shakespeare. This short thread serves as a reflection on the passage of time, love, beauty, mortality and the meaning of life 🧵

1. Dame Judi Dench, Sonnet 29

'Story is how I understand life.' --Dorothy Allison

“In the Stories We Share and Those We Have Not Yet Crafted—We Live Forever” lithub.com/dorothy-alliso… via Literary Hub

You can't complain your way to happiness.

I'll be at Hamilton East Public Library’s Local Author Fair at the Forum Event Center in Fishers! Join me and nearly 60 talented authors TOMORROW on April 20 for a celebration of storytelling and creativity! Hamilton East Public Library

My first novel, and first Western, THE RATTLESNAKE SEASON, is on sale for .99 cents (ebook). Johnny D. Boggs said, 'A thundering testament to how good the Western novel can be.' amzn.to/3Upe1cX

'My brain isn't braining today.' -- Ashton, age 11

In our latest blog post, Larry D. Sweazy draws some fascinating connections between mystery fiction and Westerns.
somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/04/11/whe…

For your reading pleasure, an excerpt from my short story 'The Low Waters' published in this month's Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/current-issue/… Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

Rejections, more rejections. What's a writer to do? Keep writing, keep submitting.

spring in Indiana: trout lily

My short story, 'The Low Waters' is in the new issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Always an honor to have a story in EQMM. I loved this story so much that I wrote a novel based on it. That novel is out on submission now and I'm hoping it finds a good home soon.
elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com

This gives me a little hope...and introduced me to a writer I didn't know.
theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

I pretty much hate this song, so for me to re-tweet this rendition is...well, watch it. Amazing.

Excited to be part of Hamilton East Public Library’s upcoming Local Author Fair at the Forum Event Center in Fishers! Join me and nearly 60 talented authors on April 20 for a celebration of storytelling and creativity!