First Chapters Interview: K.S. Brooks

(This post is part of the First Chapters interview series.) Q: Pick two celebrities to be your parents. K.S. Brooks: “Diana Rigg (Emma Peel) and Tom Berenger (The Sniper) – NO ONE would have picked on me in school!” 😀 If anyone knew the caliber of butt-kickings that could be dreamed up in that brain,

First Chapters Interview: Melissa Bowersock

(This post is part of the First Chapters interview series.) Q: What do you think about when you’re alone in your car? Melissa: “I have a totally separate ‘car brain’ that thinks about different things than I do at other times. I get in my car to go to my day job and during the

First Chapters Interview: D.V. Berkom

(This post is part of the First Chapters interview series.) Q: What songs describe your work ethic? Berkom: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction and Eight Days A Week” D.V. Berkom is the author of two bestselling series featuring strong female protagonists. You can read excerpts from the Kate Jones Thriller Series in First Chapters. As

First Chapters Interview: Melissa Pearl

(This post is part of the First Chapters interview series.) Q: What do you think about when you’re alone in your car? Melissa: “I’m either singing my lungs out or I’m making up stories. Both very good uses of my time, in my humble opinion.” 🙂 We’ll have to take her word on the singing

First Chapters Interview: Laurie Boris

(This post is part of the First Chapters interview series.) Q: What was your best MacGyver moment?  Laurie: “I’d met a couple of friends for lunch. One had brought her five-year-old daughter, and she was fussing a bit, so she was promised a ride on the vending machine carousel pony in the mall. Only it

First Chapters Interview: Carol E. Wyer

(This post is part of the First Chapters interview series.) Q: A penguin walks through the door wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here? Carol: “Oh my head! I should never had got involved in that tequila drinking contest with those polar bears.” The novels of Carol E. Wyer take

First Chapters Project

This announcement is a bit belated, but I am happy to say that Uncertainty Principles is part of the First Chapters project that was released this summer. As the title implies, this e-book volume is a compilation of first chapters from works by 22 authors from around the globe. The works represent a wide array

Book Signing in Knoxville

Soundtrack for “Uncertainty Principles” Featuring Werner Heisenberg

The songs in the following imaginary soundtrack were chosen by the characters in Uncertainty Principles. The choices were  in no way unanimous — except for the bonus track, “Heisenberg Sings”, which is not to be missed. Track 1. “Dare to Believe” by Boyce Avenue “Don’t keep holding out while the innocent die.”   Track 2. “Closer

Thinking Independently and Colorful Liquids

It occurs to me on  occasion that most of the obstacles, judgments, frustrations, disappointments, and embarrassments in my life could have been avoided if I had only drunk the kool-aid of the moment. However, then I realize that everything meaningful I have ever done was a result of not drinking the kool-aid. This thought is,