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Alert concerning the audiobook of A New Eden

ALERT to those who have already downloaded the audiobook of A NEW EDEN, Part II of IDOLATRY, or for those considering purchasing. I’ve been alerted by a listener this morning that the current audiobook available of A NEW EDEN somehow ends with Chapter 11 — but there are 15 chapters total! (Audible was doing a system upgrade recently — I suspect some chapter files may have been lost in a server migration). This is deeply frustrating and disappointing, but regardless the cause, please know that...

A reading of my poem *Character*

(you can follow along with the words of the poem below)

Character
The shuffling line from dock to deck

Turns up the plank to ticket check.

Those early on the rails above

Wave wanly down to ones they love;

A long look down to ones they love.

Mark the ship, her lines and seams,

A welding of designer’s dreams

And builder’s craft—but is she true?

Or will she break against the blue?

How will she fare against the blue?

New captain there, high on the bridge;

A ship so large, his privilege.

It’s w...

Character

Character The shuffling line from dock to deck Turns up the plank to ticket check. Those early on the rails above Wave wanly down to ones they love; A long look down to ones they love. Mark the ship, her lines and seams, A welding of designer’s dreams And builder’s craft — but is she true? Or will she break against the blue? How will she fare against the blue? New captain there, high on the bridge; A ship so large, his privilege. It’s whispered that he’s wrecked a few, Though smaller craft,...

Burning the flag and other sacred things . . .

In light of the flag-burning statement by the president elect, I’m making my short story THE MATCH free to download for 72 hours, through Saturday, midnight Pacific. In the story, several items are intentionally burned — items even more sacred to many Americans than the U.S. flag. Should such actions be outlawed? Many would say “yes.” In the protagonist’s situation, what would you do? (The Kindle reading app is free to download to any device too.) ~ https://www.amazon.com/The-Match-ebook/dp/B...

A New Eden is now available in audiobook

“Read it with delight on Kindle. Do not miss the luxury of listening to the Audible version. Robin Field makes it one of the best Audiobook performances I have listened to… And I have nearly 300 Audiobooks in my library. This is book two in the series, so be certain to start with the first….also read by Robin.” ~ Raggedy Edge. Now available on Audible, Amazon & iTunes!

Oh, but you are . . .

Oh, but you are an artist ~ you are the sculptor of your character, the painter of your style, the composer of your attitude, the architect of your future, the writer of the story of your life.

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EnjoyGenesis, Part I of Idolatry…

In the twilight of the Roman Empire, a sculptor struggles to keep an 800-year dream alive while honoring the love of his life and raising his adopted son. Part I of the epic five-part Idolatry saga, the story of a wealthy young heir and a devout Christian girl wh...

Panem et Circenses

And came the hour for panem et circenses, for the promised bread and circuses, and the people’s demands grew louder until they were given, not as much as they wanted or expected, but it was what they were given, and they ate the bread while laughing in the circus at the fear and pleading on the faces below, faces which had once been above. They laughed and chewed as pale flesh was ripped and bones broken, as the dark blood pooled across the circus floor, and when the cries below had gone sile...

Character

Character always matters. Always. The character of a man is who he is. Character is definition, self-made. It defines what a man will do, how he will do it, and what he will not do. Discount or dismiss the character of a man at your peril.

The predator preys at convenience. Awaiting opportunity, he employs camouflage, subterfuge, stealth, while studying and testing his targets’ weaknesses, vulnerabilities. The weakness of many is simply their failure, their refusal or inability to identify th...

Now and then

The fractured image flickering over the millennia, broken and begrimed,
Healing for brief seconds, a few minutes, now and then—
The wholeness, the clean, bright view, coming suddenly visible again
Through the curtaining Dark—
And the Age of Man yet lives.

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=16616055

The Whistler

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAIN, as though hewn from a mountain of crystalline quartz, rose the city’s sun-dazzled facets of towering glass. From the top of the tallest came a sound, a sparkling cascade of notes. The window washers were preparing their scaffolding for the day’s descent. One was whistling a symphony. The other two engaged in conversation.

“First day, huh, kid? What’s your name again?”

“Bobby. Yours?”

“Walt. So what did you do to deserve this? Parents finally kick you out of the hou...