ODD BIRDSbySevero Perez Genre: Literary FictionPublisher: Texas Christian University PressDate of Publication: September 24, 201 — 278 pages Scroll Down for Giveaway! The year is 1961. Seventy-year-old Cosimo Infante Cano, a Cuban-born artist in need of inspiration, follows his lover to Texas in what was to be a temporary sabbatical from their life in France. […]
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My plan for today was to just talk about a book I’m reading that has captivated me for the past week, but then I decided to check a couple of news outlets before settling into the work day. Not a good idea for my plans or my blood pressure. Because I like to have something
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Dead Man’s HandDavid NixSourcebooksPub date Feb 22, 2022 Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black Buffalo Soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be
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I always knew that reading was good for people. As a child, I escaped into fiction and found comfort, and sometimes guidance, in the stories that took me away from the real world for a while. A real world that wasn’t always pleasant. But I didn’t always realize I was learning so much about life
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Since I’m plumb out of ideas and time but wanted to have a new blog post up, I thought I’d see what Slim Randles has to offer as a holiday-themed essay, and this is a good one. He’s given us glimpses of Mabel’s life in the retirement home before, always presented in a warm, thoughtful
Good Christmas Eve morning. No matter how many years pile up on me, I never lose the excitement of today and tomorrow, with the family gatherings, the wonderful dinners, the joy and happiness. That’s true for so many of us who celebrate this holiday, and I’m sure it’s shared by those who celebrate Hanukah, Yule/Christmastide,
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The following excerpt is taken from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant And a Paycheck. Some of this has been on my blog before, but it’s always nice to look back on past holidays and good times with family. For several years, I wrote a weekly column for the Plano Star-Courier. That column was
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BEFORE THE ALAMO: A Tejana’s Story by Florence Byham Weinberg Genre: Historical Fiction / Texas History Publisher: Maywood House Date of Publication: September 17, 2021 ** 296 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emilia Altamirano, half Otomí Indian, half pure Spanish, is born in 1814, the year after the Battle of the Medina River, where
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WELCOME to DAY 3 of the @ENIGMASERIES #ShortStory Journey Dec 8th to Dec 15th #GIVEAWAYS Available Today’s gifts include two ebooks of the featured short story — plus one ebook of the newest release Hidden Target. That’s 3 winners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Insights Brayson Morris joins the series in The Enigma Stolen as a part of
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IF A BUTTERFLY SERIES:Book 1 – ChrysalisBook 2- EmergencebyMichael Sirois Publisher: Flio Widdix Publishing ** Date of Publication: December 11, 2021 Scroll down for Giveaway! Nine Characters + One Butterfly = Chaos Theory. The series, If a Butterfly, is a bit like Six Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon (if Kevin just happened to be
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