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The Riverbottom Emperor release is tomorrow, March 15.
Jack Derrett seizes a case that becomes extraordinarily difficult, dangerous, and weird. Yet it changes so many things, personal, professionally and with only a little gunplay. To Jack it was a simple investigation about a dead man. Buck Canton hunted the river bottoms and called himself the emperor there. He died attacking a city police…
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Jack Derrett Family
I’ve never read police procedurals aka crime thrillers that had pictures. That’s not what the picture above is about. Ann Derrett, Jack’s wife, is a hot shot lawyer who is partner in an Austin law firm. She’s hanging on him, because that’s what she does. Hale, his brother owns a law firm, is the former…
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The Flipside of Kindness is a compassionate kick in the pants
Why should anyone care about what you do? It is a kindness to leave you alone. Your parents can be unkind – “When are you getting married? Your neighbor can be unkind, “You really ought to fertilize that place, maybe sow some rye grass this fall.” Your friends can be unkind in so many ways.…
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Thursday Thoughts on Thinking
Avoid the words “I think . . .” when expressing what you know to be true. Those two words are heard everywhere these days and I cannot imagine why. When people add, “I think…,” they assume they are voicing their opinion. But the listener perceives them to be asking permission to have an opinion. The…
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One of the Best Christian Fiction Westerns of 2020?
The Mountain Valley Wrangler, a clean and wholesome epic A review by Spencer A. Allen Yes, in my opinion, it is exactly that. The cowboy has his own legend. Some of it has dimmed lately with styles turning to all-cotton stretch fabrics and running shoes, worn by bright young people with more odd hairstyles. They…
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Courage in Interesting Times
Courage is a virtue. Your beliefs, opinions, and well-considered thoughts bolster your courage. One of the reasons to write is to encourage other people, to show them how others solve problems. That is why I write fiction based on real stories. A person who believes what he is doing is right will accomplish what…
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OGSB Mystery, Western and Fantasy books with heart
The Website, ogsbauthors.com has been undergoing an upgrade for the last several weeks. We will begin a relaunch today, offering book-related blogs and information on this site. When appropriate either of the authors may post here to offer their thoughts about books and the topics about which we write. We even critique each other. Books…
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Western Adventure with heart from Robert M. Starr
An epic Western Gunfighter novel for Christian readers OGSBAuthors’ Robert M. Starr published his fourth book, The Mountain Valley Wrangler, a western saga in the style of Louis L’Amour, on February 2, 2020, and this one promises to be a page-turner too. Starr won writing awards for two previous books. More story details are available when you…
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A Beginning
A couple of years ago, Looking Backward, Forward was published. I wrote the book and placed it on Amazon to copyright so to speak a concept. It wasn’t ready. At the time, having a Website and Blog had not entered my radar; I had no idea what it could be. This is the first in…
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Mistakes
Today’s blog is by Spencer A. Allen So much of life is about mistakes. It was once a problem of enormous importance to never make a mistake, thereby never revealing the depth of my ignorance. I took to heart Lincoln’s warning: “Remain silent and be thought a fool or speak out and remove all doubt.” …
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High School
Senior year. A final year of learning supposed to get us ready to enter life as an employable person, able to cope with others and make some contribution to society. Or something like that. Have you ever noticed in this over psychoanalyzed society how often those four years of high school enter into our adult…
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Swimming in the Ocean
Your potential of having a life full of accomplishment is your ability to be comfortable with uncertainty. Arlington J. North Why do we ignore the risks while blithely swimming in an ocean full of man-eating creatures? Those who are close to the seashore almost completely ignore that risk unless sightings are posted. There is some…
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Thinking about thinking
“We are normally blind about our own blindness. We are generally overconfident in our opinions . . . We exaggerate how knowable the world is. . . people don’t think very carefully. They’re influenced by all sorts of superficial thinking in their decision-making. . .” Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking Fast and Slow Making an…
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Welcome to My Blog Page
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