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That image is the box I opened today.  It arrived via UPS on my front porch.  I don’t care how much of a big deal writer you are, there is nothing cooler than getting those first complimentary copies of your book from the publisher.  I still get a thrill and a chill down the spine. [...]

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I think I may be in love with the website “The Geekdom of Gore.”  They have now reviewed two of my novels (VICIOUS and now After the Snowfall) and have given me outstanding reviews both times. Their most recent review is a 4-skull review of my thriller “After the Snowfall.”  Check out the review by [...]

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The response to my book Sabotage: A Chronicle of the Chesterton Crash continues to amaze me.  I just got contacted by someone from the Duneland Historical Society in Chesterton wondering if I would like to come and do a presentation about the crash sometime after the first of the year.  Of course, I said yes. [...]

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It’s an interesting topic that has come up before, given the sort of things that I like to write about.  When I am in the world of fiction, people often wonder why I dwell on such morbid topics such as murder and such.  I was once asked why I did not write about “puppies, bunnies [...]

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It’s a common questions we writers get asked: why?  Why did you decide to write about this?  This is the non-fiction writer’s equivalent to “where do you get your ideas from?” that we get as fiction writers.  Since I write in both mediums, I get asked both questions fairly routinely.  Close behind the “why” question [...]

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In October of 1933 a plane with seven people on board exploded over the skies of Chesterton, Indiana, on its way to Chicago.  Just days later, it was discovered that a bomb was responsible for blowing the tail off of the aircraft and sending it to the ground, ending the lives of seven people.  It [...]

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The story of the first act of terrorism against a commercial airline is already up as an ebook at Amazon.com, Kobo and at Smashwords. It will be ready for Barnes & Noble by tomorrow.  Just $2.99! Find out what happened in October 1933 over the skies of Chesterton, Indiana, when a bomb blew a plane [...]

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October 1933: A plane carrying 7 passengers exploded over Chesterton, Indiana, in the first act of terrorism against a commercial airliner. June 2012: The story of what happened on that flight is finally told! At Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble and Smashwords

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When the FBI began their investigation, they looked at all of the passengers.  One of them was a young woman named Dorothy Dwyer.  It was supposed to be an exciting trip for her.  She was headed to Reno, NV, to marry a man who had been courting her back on the East Coast.  He had [...]

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