David E. Manuel's Blog, page 4
June 21, 2015
Puck Wants Something!
I think he wants you to read my most recent novel,
A Feast of Famine. That's understandable. It's an epic tale of famine, war, heroism and incompetence, all based on actual events. Make Puck a happy boy: get a copy and read it!
(Puck here: David is a dolt. What I want is a treat.)
June 14, 2015
Flashback
It's 94 degrees outside right now. Puck wants to know, when do we get more snow?
May 24, 2015
Want To Hear Something Cool?
David's most recent novel, A Feast of Famine, is based on actual events in which he was a participant. But the names have been changed to protect the, er, incompetent.
Oh, the Richard Paladin series about an assassin working for the U.S. Government? Uh, David never killed anybody. Never. Absolutely not. Really.
May 7, 2015
Immersion Quest
The answer's gotta be down here somewhere.
What was the question again?
March 31, 2015
The Thinker
I believe Puck is pondering the gravity of my recent release, A Feast of Famine.
Either that, or he's recovering from barking at the legions of leaf blowers at our neighbors' house this morning.
March 22, 2015
March 20, 2015
Book Release: My Latest Novel
Recipe for a disaster:
A distant land beset by violence and starvation
A U.S. president facing reelection, in need of an image makeover
Career-focused bureaucrats
Good intentions
Incompetence
Combine and stir
Famine ravages war-torn, anarchic Bulimia. International humanitarian organizations want to help, but the country’s rival gangs and militias have brought aid to a halt, targeting relief operations with violence and extortion while tens of thousands starve. Resolute action to secure humanitarian operations is needed, and the United States decides to take the lead. Yet good intentions are no match for cynical political calculations, interagency rivalries, bureaucratic ambitions and escalating incompetence. Humanitarian volunteers, diplomats, military personnel and a beleaguered Department of State analyst face one disaster after another in this farcical and tragic story of problems that belie solution.
Available from from Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UY07AC2
March 18, 2015
Bow! Wow!
Actually. Puck's not genuflecting. He's just stretching. Or maybe that's a yoga down-dog!
March 14, 2015
Dogzilla
Patience for the Dogzilla moment.Thanks Lisa for sharing this scary video of Ace!
March 11, 2015
Dog on a Log?
Out for a slog
or even a jog,
see a dog on a log?
Then blog!
