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FINALLY
WELL FINALLY! I want to give you all a heads-up. My novel will be out this summer. It’s a historic adventure. Featured below is a summary of this adventure. NEWFOUND FREEDOM A Synopsis Jack and...
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Give a Book for Fathers Day
Got a Dad, Step-dad, Granddad, or any dad who likes an adverturous read or one who enjoys birdwatching? Then think FATHERS DAY and get them a copy of Malachite Lion and/or Chasing Wings. Click above...
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A Fantastic Writers’ Conference
Spring rains are dwindling—at least I hope they are, some of us have had more then we need. Leaves on trees are in full blown and trilliums have pretty much gone to seed. Spring will soon blend, or...
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GOLDEN ROAD
Baxter Park mountain range from rise on the Golden Road. This private road built for the use of logging trucks and passes a few miles south of Baxter State Park, crosses roughly a 50-mile swath of...
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Chasing Wings — Big Discount
Thank you all to those who took advantage of the sale noted below. Hope you enjoy Chasing Wings. Be on the lookout for a sale on the Kindle edition of my latest novel Newfound Freedom. The discount,...
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PreChristmas Book Signing Events
“…a rollicking tale, complete with sea battles, budding love affairs, familial infighting and even brief appearances by patriots George Washington and Nathan Hale.” A Kirkus Review excerpt of my novel...
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Newfound Freedom: Finalist for 2013 BOTYA
Newfound Freedom has been selected as a Finalist for the 2013 ForeWord Review’s Book of the Year Award in General Fiction. This recent novel of 18th Century colonial and nautical adventure and life is...
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Poem for Today
Ruby-throat Vrroommm…. Nearby air trembles like a drum. Diaphanous wings beat with dazzling speed. A greenish bird the size of my thumb. Flits...
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Review of Southern Sanctuary by Dr. Sue Brannan Walker
MEET MARIAN LEWIS. Think SANCTUARY: And thank you MARIAN LEWIS! Sanctuary is not a word we hear much anymore – not before toast and tea on an ordinary April morning after a week of rain. Perhaps...
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Collembolan Insects of the Intertidal Zone
Yesterday (8/9/2015), while walking the shore off the cottage during low tide, I stopped to rest on a boulder. I scanned the gravel, stones, shells, and other debris that becomes exposed when the...
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Serene and Rugged Beauty – Grand Manan Blog I
North Head Community North Head Harbor In the first of my Jack Hollister novels, Newfound Freedom, the Royal Navy frigate HMS Buzzard takes up refuge off Grand Manan Island to wait out a weeklong...
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Willa Cather’s Hideaway – Grand Manan Blog II
Grand Manan Island, the largest island off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada, in the Bay of Fundy, is not only known for its ruggedness, but also for its natural beauty and solitude. Willa Cather,...
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