The song captures the feeling of a summer day. A mood. Of long days, long swims and hikes, and the end of long days of writing my latest novel.
Here are some highlights leading up to today’s Summer Solstice . . .
new book
EL NORTE published!
I’m pleased to announce the publication of my new novel EL NORTE. It’s available in all Amazon online stores worldwide (and in Kindle Unlimited). In ebook and paperback. 322 pages.
This suspense thriller follows an introverted Texas high-school graduate who has his world blown apart on a celebration trip to Central America. Will he find the strength in himself to survive and to get justice for his family?
The Shift
The sun comes out and stays out. The stickiness of summer is over because the dew point is lower. Instead of all the heat and humidity pressing in from all sides, the air feels crisp and fresh. At least where I am in Central Virginia.
A Rumbling Peace
The image above encapsulates the competing sensations and feelings I experienced on my recent, annual, winter, solo car trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There’s the exquisite peacefulness of staying in a remote, ocean-front cottage where I’m surrounded by sand and water. But there’s also a rift in solidity that exists here at the bottom end of a thin ribbon of barrier island that makes up this part of OBX. A rumbling of not only the pounding waves that crash against the pilings of my deck at high tide, but also an exciting tension in my mind as I start to tackle the concepts and themes of my new novel.