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Republic: Chapter Two (Part Two) They said their goodbyes, and Murphy made his way out into the rain as the couple entered the unemployment office. In the car, he turned on the radio and heard the news: there had been a bombing in Arlington, Virginia, outside the Pentagon. Without a second thought, he dialed Valerie’s number in Washington. Read more She hung up the phone without replying. A dozen steps took her to Ambrose. “What is it?”
He pointed at the television playing in the reception area. The words at the bottom of the screen told her all she needed to know: “Explosions at the Pentagon.” Read more Republic: Chapter One (continued) He looked around the crowded diner, and said, “This sure is going to hit Highview hard. Eight hundred families… I guess more than half the town worked at that plant.”
He didn’t finish the thought aloud. Desperate people tended to do desperate things.
Read more Prayer at Rumayla Podcast: Chapter Five Part 3 Thanks for stopping by, this is the final installment in chapter five.
In this episode, Chet Brown wakes up in jail and is confronted with a Vietnam veteran jailer who tries to talk him out of his despondency. In this chapter we also get the first real view of combat during the Gulf War.
Read more Be A Character in My Next Book (or, my Shameless Promotion Did you ever want to be the villain in a suspense novel? A tank crewman charging into battle? A Senator or Representative? Now’s your chance. Sort of. Read more For the past couple months I've been working closely with an editor who has been ripping my new novel to shreds. Tentatively titled Republic (it was called Murphy's War, but I've dispensed with that title), the book asks the question -- what would happen if, through fear of terrorism -- our country walked away from its heritage of freedom. Read more Video trailer for Prayer at Rumayla So, lately a lot of publishers have been promoting their books with video trailers. Looking for your feedback here. Take a look, and please leave a comment! I may go through several iterations of this until it's right.
Read more One thing I've been putting off for more than three years is a decision about the title for "Murphy's War." I mean, obviously it has a title. But that's not the title I'm going to use for the final published form, because somebody beat me to it.
Two somebodies, actually. The first, which I couldn't reasonably be expected to know about, is a 1971 book and movie starring Peter O'Toole. Given that I was born the same year it came out, well, who cares?
More recently, a 2006 novel from Publish America used the same title. Read more |
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