The featured image above represents some of the achievements and collected writings authored by Steven Manchester (Photo courtesy & permission of Steven Manchester.). The central strength of a great storyteller is the ability to let what one knows, feels, and experiences about life shape the discourse of the narrative being fashioned out of one’s…
Some of the collected writings authored by Steven Manchester (Photo courtesy & permission of Steven Manchester.). When I read Steve’s words depicted above about the genesis of his lifelong commitment to writing I felt awed by how he was able to take the raw savagery of war and the brutality of combat into such…
National Bestselling Author Steven Manchester (Photo courtesy & permission of the author.). In 2014, when I started sharing with people immediately around me that I was writing a manuscript for the first trilogy (the Penitent) of my sci/fi, fantasy series, The Immortality Wars, several of them asked me if I knew Steven Manchester. They explained…
For the month of October, I am participating in Story Origin’s eBook giveaway event. You get the first book, the Penitent – Part I, in the first trilogy of my series, The Immortality Wars, for free. All you need to do to get this novel is to share your email address with me. It will be…
The Top of the World Highway is a 127 km-long highway, beginning at a junction with the Taylor Highway near Jack Wade, Alaska traveling east to its terminus at the ferry terminal in West Dawson, Yukon, on the western banks of the Yukon River. (Featured Photo taken by Tony DePaul.) [“Time to start wandering home.”…
The featured image above is of Tony DePaul and Iron Piggy. (Photo courtesy & permission of Tony DePaul.) Last December, I traded a flurry of emails with one of my favorite and longtime friends, David Bright. David and I went to the University of Maine at Orono in the 60s. At one point, 1968-1969, we…
First Decent Snowfall of the 2016–17 Winter Season. (Photo by A. Keith Carreiro, January 2017.) January 2017 is now here! I have tried taking advantage of the intersession break between the fall and spring semesters by spending time on marketing and promoting the Penitent – Part I. There are currently six reviews on Amazon…
“Changing views of spacetime along the world line of a rapidly accelerating observer” (https://commons.wikimedia.org¹) Last December of 2015, I made two New Year’s resolutions. The first was to join the newly opened YMCA in Swansea. I’ll return to this first point later on in this blog post. The second one follows: It has been…
the Penitent – Part I (Cover Image by Hollis Machala.) I am excited to announce that folks can now pre–order the Penitent – Part I on Amazon Kindle. Just click on the word eBook below, and a link to Amazon will open for you to purchase it. It will then be delivered to you…
A Full Strawberry Moon on the summer solstice evening shines over the house. (Photo by A. Keith Carreiro, June 2016.) At the beginning of this year, I made a wish list in scheduling a launch date for the Penitent – Part One. I gave an approximate time of April/May as the target date in…