A few comments about my books --

 

"Out of Whack"

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"Out of Whack" is my comic strip that is the result of my nearly life-long love of limericks and comics.

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It's hard -- no, it's impossible to say how much comic strips have affected my life -- and -- how much they have enhanced it.  When I was a kid it was Peanuts that I consumed daily. And even Mad Magazine, which my mom so generously allowed me to subscribe to. And then there came others -- The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes and Garfield. I loved them all and I wanted to be like them, to make people laugh like that.  BUT -- one problem -- I couldn't draw.  Not at all!  And, stubbornly, I did not want to take the time to learn.  As I look back at my life -- that was a total waste!  I had a passion for cartoons and comic strips, but I was too lazy to pursue that passion.  What a shame.  But with today's technology, I have discovered that it's not too late.

 

So now I am trying in a new way to bring my comic strip to life using the tools available. Thanks to Adobe apps on my iPad and to other apps like "Strip Design" and "Magic Eraser" and "Pixabay" and others, I have created "Out of Whack".  

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I hope you get a few laughs from it. ​

 

 

"Is Today Someday?"       and    "Whispers In The Storm" 

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I guess my main interest in writing these two novels was to create stories that are thought-provoking. I realize that they are complicated, especially the first third of each book, but I felt a solid foundation was important to understanding what happens.  If you'll bear with me through the first 100 pages, I think the reward in reading comes from being able to step into the shoes of the main character and empathize with what they do in the end.

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The two books are very different from one another.  In each book I tried to create strong characters and a complicated plot that concludes in a very surprising ending.  It was important to me to create a story that was unlike any other.  I wanted it to be believable, yet completely new, a story that could be true, and if it were, would make the reader think about it after putting the book down.  I wanted to make what my main character does to be understandable even if the reader does not condone it.  

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