Every good novel or short story sets the mood and sets the scene quickly. I’ve written in these Blog Posts about why I like the author...

Memorial Day, a Mitch Rapp novel by Vince Flynn. As with all of Vince Flynn’s, Mitch Rapp novels, Memorial Day focuses on United States...

For some time, I’ve off-and-on thought about those phrases that began as just a line in a movie and over time have been elevated to being...

There is one bit of advice that should be the beginning writer's Rule of Thumb - The basic requirement in writing is - rewriting. When I...

I picked up the book, The Martian, expecting to get out of it, just about what I actually got. Without giving away any secret about the...

In the early 1990s, Vince Flynn became interested in Washington DC politics and how it functioned. With his concern with Washington waste...

The trick to making that big step from writing as a hobby, albeit a full-time hobby, to that first acceptance letter is hard work, lots...

While cross country skiing near his home on Mendenhall Lake, near the city of Juneau, Alaska, the author spotted tracks. At first, he...

My favorite author, far and away, is Dean Koontz. I discovered Koontz in the early 90s. I had been writing for some time, but didn’t feel...

Transfer of Power is the book where Vince Flynn introduces the readers to Mitch Rapp. We, the readers, very soon come to see Rapp as the...