Daniel V. Meier Jr.'s Blog
October 6, 2022
THE SERIAL NOVEL - CONTINUED
Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on feces. A dung beetle can bury dung 250 times heavier than itself in one night. Many
August 31, 2022
September 28, 2021
Jamestown, Virginia
In the coming months, I will change my focus to the Jamestown Settlement, the setting of my new book, BLOODROOT.
July 18, 2020
MONROVIA?? YES OR NO
My last blog, dated June 21, 2020, titled BLACK LIVES MATTER--IN LIBERIA.brought up the question of statues and building names that were named after slave owners and/or those who espoused the institution. Even in Liberi...
June 21, 2020
January 20, 2020
JUJU AND THE WITCH DOCTOR
Those of you who have read THE DUNG BEETLES OF LIBERIA, A Story Based on True Events, know that Ken comes across ���JuJu��� several times throughout the book. Starting with the horrendous death of Lily���s houseboy by the ���Leo...
December 14, 2019
My Christmas On You!!
Liberia is a poor country and their own particular traditions stem from that fact. Even during her glory days of the 1960���s, the overwhelming number of indigenous people were deprived of all luxuries. As a result, simpl...
November 9, 2019
An Interview with the author
Throughout this very difficult process of getting my book published, I have been asked by a few reviewers if they could interview me. The following is an interview by Literary Titan, done in August, just before THE DUNG...
October 19, 2019
Why? The Title "The Dung Beetles"
By this time, everyone knows that THE DUNG BEETLES OF LIBERIA; A Novel Based on True Events is NOT about dung beetles. By this time, everyone has read the book!!
