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New Audiobook Versions of Three of My Books

I had one of my prior book of short stories (Mindscapes) turned into a professionally produced audiobook more than a decade ago in part because I’ve grown to love and depend on audiobooks given my long commutes and listen to more books than I read these days. But, because I don’t pay for advertisement or reviews, and therefore get very modest sales for my self-published books, the prospect of paying for or splitting royalties with a production company is unattractive. So I was intrigued by the p...

Nueva traducción de mi novela Aprender a Ganar ahora disponible

Acabo de portar una nueva traducción de mi novela Hire Lernin’ en castellano a Amazon y a las otras librerías que incluyen mis libros con el nombre de Aprender a Ganar. La novela, aunque ficción, está fijamente basada en mi experiencia en mi primer puesto académico como decano, y narra la agridulce aventura de un joven abogado idealista e ingenuo que asume el cargo de decano académico en una escuela de negocios con fines de lucro en la ciudad de Nueva York en 1987, con un conocimiento muy limita...

New revision and audiobook version of my novel now available

I’ve been working on revising some of my short fiction and my first novel over the past two weeks, as well as publishing a Spanish version of my novel and some of my short fiction. Anyone who purchased the original editions will have access to the revised versions uploaded that clean up some of the minor issues I missed on my original final versions.

Anyone interested in previewing an excerpt from the novel in the original English version or in my own Spanish translations can do so from Amazo...

Free for one week only . . .

Two of the short stories from my Echoes of the Mind’s Eye collection are free on all bookseller sites except Amazon for one week only (Ends April 1, 2025): Redemption and Modern and and the Critics. (I’m also making my novel and primer on copyright law books 50 and 67 percent off for the week respectively.) You can find the eBook version of the short stories free in you favorite bookseller, including https://books2read.com/u/4ND5XJ and https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1138974.

On Inanity, Insanity, and a Duct-Taped Banana as Art

In the news again: A banana taped to the wall selling for an obscene amount of money as “art”. It is a perfect metaphor for not only the complete and total bankruptcy of the art world today, but also of society’s communal mental breakdown. I for one have had enough of it.

We have lost out way as people. We lionize the mediocre and outright incompetent in the name of diversity. We welcome murderers, rapists, criminal gangs, and people with communicable diseases once thought eradicated to viola...

Veteran’s Day Message

I hope you will join me in taking a moment this Veteran’s Day to reflect on the sacrifice of the men and women who have served our country faithfully and with honor in both times of peace and war. They put themselves between us and evil in some of the most dangerous places on earth to protect the freedom we too often take for granted. They served their country–our country–in wars many of us may now call wise or unwise with the benefit of hindsight having absorbed the lessons history has taught u...

Unsung Heroes VII: Manuel Zapata (father-in-law)

You were brought to the U.S. at eight years of age,
By hard-working parents seeking a better life,
Especially for you and your sister, Carmen,
Than was available in your native Galicia of the time.

Both of your parents, Carmen and Manuel, had strong work ethics,
That allowed them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps,
Through hard, honest work in very hard times,
Guided by a strong moral compass they passed on to their two children.

You and your parents lived for many years in Downtown Manha...

Sale (including free books) of all my eBooks available at most of the retailers where my books are sold through July 31, 2024

Hello Everyone,

Just a quick message to let readers know that I have placed all of the eBook versions of my books at a 25% off sale through July 31, 2024. In addition, all of my stand-alone short stories are FREE during this sale. Most, but not all (most notably Amazon) will honor the sale. The sale includes my novel, short story collections, poetry collections and even my two books on intellectual law.

I cannot control the price at all retailers that offer my books. I do know that Smashw...

On Crime (11 linked haikus)

Fiction comes alive,
Dystopian visions thrive,
In Cities world wide.

A Clockwork Orange,
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,
Nineteen Eighty Four.

Animal Farm and,
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,
All have come to pass.

And they will perdure,
If we defend what’s clearly,
Indefensible.

Feed a hungry beast,
It will grow and it will thrive,
And eat you alive.

Likewise criminals,
Who thrive when no consequences,
Attach to their crimes.

When crimes are excused,
And criminals deemed victims,
What should...

Modern Art and the Critics (complete short story reading)

From Echoes of the Mind’s Eye (C) 2021, 2024.