A great joy in my life, other than writing, has been flying. Not the big commercial jets, but small, single engine airplanes. One of the basic things every pilot learns sooner or later is that the more you try to control the airplane, the less control you have. When I first started flying, I recall […]
Archive for the ‘TOXIC RELATIONSHIP’ Category
Writers League of Texas
Posted: 28th February 2014 by jazzdog in Award Winning, Conferences, Creativity, Novel, Texas, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, Uncategorized, WritingTags: fantasy, sci-fi, Shaper, toxic relationship, WLT, writer, writers league of texas, writing
My Annual Holiday Blog Post!!!
Posted: 9th December 2013 by jazzdog in Award Winning, Creativity, DIRTY WATER, Texas, TOXIC RELATIONSHIPTags: blog, books, Christmas, creativity, DIRTY WATER, fiction, gifts, holidays, novel, Richard Hacker, Texas, toxic relationship, writing
Given it’s December, this must be my annual holiday blog post!!! I cannot offer unending pop star carols in the background, no flashing lights, fake snow on plastic trees or even a mocha pumpkin cinnamon double whip with red and green sprinkles. Sorry. I can point out how this holiday month for various religious traditions […]
Books and Chocolate
Posted: 1st August 2013 by jazzdog in Digital Media, DIRTY WATER, Recipe, TOXIC RELATIONSHIPTags: blog, champagne books, crime, DIRTY WATER, mole sauce, recipe, Richard Hacker, Texas, toxic relationship
You may have read about the study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology recently which noted the beneficial effect of a mild chocolate aroma in the air on book buyers. I am quite confident in the results of the study, given the researchers were Belgian. A grad student at Ole Miss or a professor from […]
Pflugerville, Texas
Posted: 15th April 2013 by jazzdog in DIRTY WATER, History, Pflugerville, Texas, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, UncategorizedTags: DIRTY WATER, Nick Sibelius, novel, Pflugerville, Texas, thriller, toxic relationship
The world of Nick Sibelius, the protagonist in TOXIC RELATIONSHIP and the upcoming DIRTY WATER (look for it June 2013) is Central Texas. He lives in an Airstream trailer on a piece of land east of Pflugerville, a bedroom community northeast of Austin. I first moved to Austin in 1968. Back then, Pflugerville was a […]
Going Back Home
Posted: 8th April 2013 by jazzdog in Texas, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, UncategorizedTags: Austin, BBQ, home, Nick Sibelius, novel, Texas, toxic relationship
