Monday, August 11, 2025

Work in progress:


My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.


Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.



Themes:


Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.


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The Breaker is an on-going series.


I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!



Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in music history - First Dance (2011):


First Dance

Album by Amy Lauren,
released August 11, 2011.

Track list:

Just for Tonight; I Believe; Emerald Mist; Beginning Now; Louisa’s Song; Inspirations; Candlelight; The Processional; First Dance; Can You Hear Me; Search the Stars.

On this day in movie history - The Greene Murder Case (1929):


The Greene Murder Case

directed by Frank Tuttle,
written by Louise Long and Richard H. Digges Jr.,
based on the novel by S. S. Van Dine,
was released in the United States on August 11, 1929.
Music by Karl Hajos.

Cast:

William Powell, Florence Eldridge, Ullrich Haupt, Sr., Jean Arthur, Eugene Pallette, E. H. Calvert, Gertrude Norman, Lowell Drew, Morgan Farley, Brandon Hurst, Augusta Burmeister, Marcia Harris.

On this day in movie history - Earthbound (1920):


Earthbound

directed by T. Hayes Hunter,
written by Edfrid A. Bingham,
based on the story by Basil King,
was released in the United States on August 11, 1920.

Cast:

Wyndham Standing, Naomi Childers, Billie Cotton, Mahlon Hamilton, Flora Revalles, Alec B. Francis, Lawson Butt, Kate Lester, Aileen Pringle.

Born on this day – Stuart Gordon:


Stuart Gordon

Director

Writer

August 11, 1947 – March 24, 2020

Born on this day – Laurel Goodwin:


Laurel Goodwin


Actress

August 11, 1942 – February 25, 2022

Credits:

Birth of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Call to Danger (1968); Get Smart (1966); Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); Here's Hollywood (1962); Law of the Lawless (1964); Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1984); Mannix (1969); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); Premiere (1968); Run Buddy Run (1966); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Star Trek (1966); Stroker Ace (1983); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The Beverly Hillbillies (1967); The Bob Hope Show (1963); The Dain Curse (1978); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Glory Guys (1965); The Hero (1966); The Partners (1971); The Roddenberry Archive: The Cage (2022); The Virginian (1964).

Born on this day – Andre Dubus:


Andre Dubus


Writer

August 11, 1936 – February 24, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Adultery and Other Choices (1980); Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar (2011); Boston Noir 2 / Akashic Noir (2012); Broken Vessels (1991); Dancing After Hours (1996); Finding a Girl in America (1980); In the Bedroom (2002); Land Where My Fathers Died (1984); Louisiana Stories (1990); Meditations from a Movable Chair (1998); New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1987 (1987); Selected Stories (1988); Separate Flights (1982); Stories of the Modern South (1995)The Best American Short Stories 1970 (1970); The Best American Short Stories 1975 (1975); The Best American Short Stories 1981 (1981); The Best American Short Stories 1984 (1984); The Colonel's Wife (2015); The Cross Country Runner (2018); The Last Worthless Evening (1986); The Lieutenant (1986); The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007); The Picador Book of Crime Writing (1993); The Times Are Never So Bad (1983); The Winter Father (2018); Voices from the Moon (1984); We Don't Live Here Anymore (1984); Why I Like This Story (2019).

Movies and television:

A Year in the Life (1987); Delivering (1993); His Lover (2017); In the Bedroom (2001); Literary Visions (1992); We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004).