A blog hop

I hope I’m doing this right. One of the things I’m trying to do in marketing is get involved with other authors who are basically in the same boat as me. Via LinkedIn, I’ve connected with Sharon Burgess, author of Simply Irresistible: A Spruce Creek Romance. Sharon tagged me for what’s called a ‘Character Blog…

Depression and Suicide

WARNING: This is not going to be a cheerful post. Like many I’ve been following the sad news about the death of Robin Williams this past week. I’ve seen a wide array of comments, some kind, some not so kind, and some downright evil. Rather than delve into those, though, I want to share my…

Apollo 11: 45 years later

DISCLAIMER: Robert is getting on the soapbox.  Consider yourselves warned.   Apollo 11 landed on the moon 45 years ago this week, seventeen months before I was born.  I can only imagine what it must have been like to witness this event as it unfolded.  Landing human beings on the moon and bringing them home…

Being grateful to God when all seems lost

I’m looking at this headline I just typed and am wondering where to go from there. The statement pretty much says it all.  Even when you are at your worst, there are reasons to be grateful to God.  I’m in a spot like that right now and I’m doing my best to remain grateful for…

Here we go!

Tomorrow I take another stab at this self-publishing thing with the release of my new novel, The Servant.  Here’s the blurb: Private investigator Steve Bennett is having the worst day of his life.  A violent sex trafficker wants him dead, a police captain is pulling out all the stops to send him to prison, and one…

This and that

I don’t blog very often for a simple reason: I’m too busy writing my books.  Pretty good reason as far as I’m concerned. Now that I’ve finally put The Servant ‘to bed’ (except for editing), I have the chance to let me mind wander a bit here.  You are cordially invited to join me. Here’s…

The first three chapters of ‘The Servant’

Thought I’d post these to see what people think.  Please bear in mind that this material has not been edited and is therefore subject to change.  Enjoy and please comment! ONE William Keyes was so excited he could hardly stand still. He held his fiancé’s hand tightly and waited. Today a dream was coming true.…