An audio version of The Road King Chronicles: South Dakota Dead is in the works and should be available by early this summer. ListenUP, an audio production company based in Atlanta, will be producing and distributing the book. After listening to many narrators read the first chapter of the book, Kevin Stilwell was chosen to […]
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Rolling Thunder
After 32 years, the annual Rolling Thunder ride is coming to an end this year. The ride has been a huge success over the years in support of veterans and in the campaign to bring home those missing in action or still prisoners of war. Rolling Thunder was the backdrop for part of the action…
Bigger and Bigger: Motorcycle Engines Have Gotten Huge Over the Years
I’m dating myself with these photos, but I’d like to raise a question about the increasing size of engines in motorcycles over the years. I had these two bikes long ago (and yes, I wish I still had both of them). They were great fun, as you can plainly see. The Honda Elsinore was the…
Cherokee Bears
While I was researching the background for Winter Rose, the somewhat mysterious but compelling Cherokee woman who is introduced in the first book, I spent a lot of time in Cherokee, North Carolina, the home of the eastern band of the Cherokee nation. If you ever get a chance to visit, go by all means. […]
The Magic of Cover Art
Ever wonder who designs the cover of a book? Me, too. If you go back about twenty years, it was mostly done by the publishing house, often with little input from the author. I remember one cover on a Travis McGee book by the late, great John D. MacDonald. The book was called The Dreadful […]
Spot the mural, win a set of signed RKC books
While I was riding out to California to visit my brother a few years back, I spotted a beautiful mural painted on the wall of a building. I was amazed at the quality of the artwork and the fact that it was just out there for all of us to enjoy. The parking lot extended […]