I've seen this topic often enough and realize there is zero chance of me ever being on a deserted island. Mainly because that would mean you managed to get me on a ship to go anywhere near an island in the first place. And despite what Tom Hank's movie, Castaway suggests is possible, if your plane goes down …
Poker Tips Part 1
Back in 2003, when I became a stay at home dad, my wife and I agreed I could have one night out a week, a "Daddy's Day Out". The problem turned out to be most of my "guy" friends, didn't have the same freedom, so I looked for things I could do on my own. …
Allie
Allie was the first. When I got the phone call back in 1998, I had no clue how it would change my life. A week or so before her call, her son sent her a new computer, an Apple, and she had not taken it out of the box, let alone turn it on and …
Crasher’s April Mailbag
Once a month I’ll answer questions about my book, the writing process or life in general. This edition brings a wide variety of questions. If you have one you'd like answered in the next Crasher's Mailbag, post them in the comments section. Ruby asks: Do you jot down pages upon pages of notes from which …
Opening Day
It's been a great start to baseball's Opening Day. Bryce Harper hit two home runs in his first two at bats and the Yankees (as of this post) are losing. The Reds start the season in a little over a half hour and I'm ready for the Boys of Summer to get it on. Welcome …
Cover Reveal for The World Among Us
It is with great pleasure that I get to take part in the national cover reveal for fellow Hydra author Beth Ann Masarik's new short stories, which will be part of The World Among Us, coming next week from Hydra Publications. Here is the cover and synopsis for the stories, followed by a short bio about …
Author’s Fair and Panel Questions
This Saturday I'll be at the 3rd Annual That Book Place Author's Fair in Madison Indiana, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. There will be around 60 authors selling and signing books. The store will also have over 8,000 books at 75 percent off.Tomorrow night I'll be taking part in two of four panel discussions. …
Crasher’s Mailbag
Once a month I'll answer questions about my book, the writing process or life in general. Let's get right to the questions. Monica asks, "Where did you get the original idea for The Hand of God? " I got the idea from the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels. I thought it was rather …
Anatomy of a Book Signing
A couple of weekends ago, I had my first book signing for The Hand of God, published by Hydra Publications (yes, shameless plug) at Karen's Book Barn and Java Stop in La Grange, Kentucky. By any measure it was a huge success. I took sixty books to the signing and everyone of them walked out the door …
My Review of Carnival of Cryptids
When I was younger, I was fascinated by cryptids. I just didn't know that is what they were called. From the Loch Ness Monster to the Yeti to many others, I read everything I could get my hands on about creatures suspected, but never proven. That's the definition of a cryptid. In the new Kindle …
Tony Acree 