Sunday, March 15, 2026

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 movie history - The Highwaymen (2019):


The Highwaymen

directed by John Lee Hancock,
written by John Fusco,
was released in the United States on March 15, 2019.
Based on the true Bonnie and Clyde case (1931–1934).
Music by Thomas Newman.


Cast:

Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Thomas Mann, Dean Denton, Kim Dickens, William Sadler, W. Earl Brown, David Furr, Jason Davis, Josh Caras, David Born, Brian F. Durkin, Kaley Wheless, Alex Elder, Emily Brobst, Edward Bossert, Jake Dashnaw, Jane McNeill, Karson Kern, Jesse C. Boyd, Kevin Sangston, Robert Bryan Davis, Luray Cooper, Johnny McPhail, Silas Cooper, Jeff Pope, Arvin Combs, Joe Knezevich, Billy Slaughter, Brandon O'Dell, Dean J. West, Don Stallings, David Dwyer, Steve Vernon, Carter Maharrey, Justin Smith, Cullen Moss, Alan Wells, Josh Ventura, Michael Draper, Timothy McKinney, Luke Loveless, Allen Lopez, Ian Pitre, Billy  Johnston, Izzy G., Savanna Renee, Mitch Eakins, Matthew Paul Martinez, Todd Barnett, Troy Anthony Hogan, Taj Marqui Paul, Russell L. Welch III, Nicolas J. Lefebvre, Stephen L. Kelly, Robert Streeck, Donald Robert Mohr, Brad Napp, Sophia Silver, Lynden Orr, Makani Ravello, Samantha Hunter Ogan, Mikey Kelley, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Collins Tuohy, Teddy Orr, Skip Stellrecht, Jon Briddell, David Zyler, Lexi Elizabeth Audler, Tony Beard, William Buster Benefield, Brett Beoubay, Rusty Bourg, James Breaux, Matthew Rush Campbell, Rebecca Chulew, Kyle Clements, Sheenan Cole, Jay Conlin, Karen Dalferes, Daniel B. Davis, Michael Patrick Fogarty, Gregory Fountain, Karla Garcia, Johnny Ray Gibbs, Chad Governale, Gene Kevin Hames Jr., Christopher Hart, Timothy Hinrichs, Jackie Jenkins Jr., Andreanna L Jenson, Steve Kish, John C. Klein, Darrel J Lee, Lamar Lott, Tonya Maldonado, Aaron Mitchell, Zach Mooney, Destry Mushtare, Bryan Regan, Lester Savoie, William Schaff, Natalie Sibille, Steven Skipper, Lindsay Small Barrios, Toney Chapman Steele, Cameron Washington, Michael Wozniak, Mike A. Young.

On this day in music history:

Angels & Ecstasy by Herb Ernst (1997)


Angels & Ecstasy
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 15, 1997.
Track list: Angel Wings; Angel of the Lovers; Sweet Devotion; Two Hearts Enfolded; Magic Love; Touch; Heaven on Earth; Romantique Fantastique; The Joining.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1968)
Star Trek: Voyager (2000)


Star Trek
Season 2. Episode 25.
Episode entitled: Bread and Circuses.
Released March 15, 1968.
Directed by Ralph Senensky.
Written by Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon, John Kneubuhl.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, William Smithers, Logan Ramsey, Ian Wolfe, William Bramley, Rhodes Reason, Bart La Rue, Jack Perkins, Max Kleven, Lois Jewell, Paul Baxley, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Tony Dante, Chester Hayes, Roger Holloway, Shep Houghton, Jeannie Malone, Bob Orrison, Eddie Paskey, Gil Perkins, Paul Stader, Tom Steele, Joe Walls.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 6. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Good Shephard.
Released March 15, 2000.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Dianna Gitto, Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Paul Baillargeon.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jay Underwood, Michael Reisz, Kimble Jemison, Zoe McLellan, Tom Morello, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Tina Kotrich, Nichole McAuley, Louis Ortiz.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):


M Squad

Season 3. Episode 26.
Episode entitled: Anything for Joe.
Released March 15, 1960.
Directed by Paul Stewart.
Written by Maxwell Shane and Harold Swanton.
Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Ann Morrison, John Herman Shaner, Joseph Corey, Jody Warner, Charles Tannen, Herbert Lytton, Jack Harris.

Born on this day – Andrea Blaugrund Nevins:


Andrea Blaugrund Nevins


Writer

Director

Producer

March 15, 1962 – April 12, 2025

Credits:

A Line in the Sand: War or Peace? (1991); Hysterical (2021); Intimate Portrait (1995); Jane Pratt (1993); Play It Forward (2015); Quincy (2018); State of Play (2014); Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (1997); The Cowboy and the Queen (2023); The Orson Bean Show (2025); The Other F Word (2011); The Witness (2015); Tiny Shoulders, Rethinking Barbie (2018).

Born on this day – Lawrence Sanders:


Lawrence Sanders


Writer

March 15, 1920 – February 7, 1998

Credits:

Books:

Caper (1980); Capital Crimes (1989); Dark Summer (1980); Guilty Pleasures (1998); Lawrence Sanders: Four Complete Novels (1984); Love Songs (1972); McNally's Alibi (2002); McNally's Bluff (2004); McNally's Caper (1994); McNally's Chance (2001); McNally's Dare (2003); McNally's Dilemma (1999); McNally's Folly (2000); McNally's Gamble (1997); McNally's Luck (1992); McNally's Puzzle (1996); McNally's Risk (1993); McNally's Secret (1991); McNally's Trial (1995); Private Pleasures (1992); Stolen Blessings (1989); Sullivan's Sting (1990); Tales of the Wolf (1988); The Adventures of Chaucey Alcock (1997); The Anderson Tapes (1970); The Case of Lucy Bending / The Case of Lucy B. (1982); The Dream Lover (1986); The Eighth Commandment (1986); The First Deadly Sin (1973); The Fourth Deadly Sin (1985); The Loves of Harry Dancer / The Loves of Harry D. (1985); The Marlow Chronicles (1977); The Passion of Molly T. (1984); The Pleasures of Helen (1971); The Second Deadly Sin (1977); The Seduction of Peter S. (1983); The Seventh Commandment (1991); The Sixth Commandment (1978); The Tangent Factor (1978); The Tangent Objective (1976); The Tenth Commandment (1980); The Third Deadly Sin (1981); The Timothy Files (1987); The Timothy Files / Timothy's Game / Sullivan's Sting (1999); The Tomorrow File (1975); The Tomorrow File / The Tangent Objective / The Tangent Factor (2000); Timothy's Game (1988).

Movies:

The First Deadly Sin (1980); The Anderson Tapes (1971); Fornicon (1971).