Back in my wicked youth, I worked for Toys R Us. When it got close to Christmas, we seemed to get one truck after another and I was on the crew which unloaded them. We would get about ten guys and form a line and toss the toys down the line, from the back of …
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Holiday Memories: We’re Going to Kick Your @%&^
It was 1985 and I worked as an assistant manager for a store called The Toy Works in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was located in the first Biggs mall in the United States. The top toy that year was Optimus Prime of Transformers fame. A lady came in and a bought the last one we …
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Holiday Memories: That’s Why You Want Off???
I was 16 years old and working at Long John Silvers in La Grange, Kentucky. The calendar flipped to December and I asked for a rare Friday night. The only problem? Two other people also asked off for the same night. Dave, our manager, called the three of us into the backroom and explained the …
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Holiday Memories: Take a Hike Santa
Every year my wife and I throw a Christmas party and starting five years ago, Santa started coming to the party to visit all the little ones (thank you Murray McCandless). My twins were six years old and couldn't wait for Santa to arrive. When Santa walked through the door, Katy started right in on …
Holiday Memories: A Caroling We Will Go
One year several of us got together to go caroling in Prospect. I don't remember everyone involved (it was only 34 years ago) but there were nearly the same amount of girls as boys. I know Ricky Amyx, Jay Bandy, Amy Manning Martin, Frances Goodman Wood were there, among others. There was a lot more …
Holiday Memories: Egg Nog
I was only about six years old, sitting on a stool in my grandmothers kitchen, watching while my mother fixed eggnog for the Christmas party. Once she had the eggnog itself mixed up into a large bowl, she opened up a cabinet and took out a bottle filed with a dark liquid and poured some …
Barnes and Noble Book Signing
I will be at the Barnes and Noble at the Paddock Shops (formerly The Summit) in Louisville, Kentucky, today from noon until 9 pm. If you're looking to pick up my books for a Christmas present, drop by and I will write a note of Christmas cheer inside. Hope to see you later today!
Reddit AMA and Kentucky Book Fair
Tomorrow, from 9 a.m. until midnight, I will be taking part in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) and they mean anything. I will be discussing my best selling novel, The Hand of God, and the sequel, The Watchers. Both novels, by the way, are on sale through Sunday for only 99 cents for Amazon Kindle. I will also …
Anatomy of an Oldham County Comic Con
This weekend marked the very first Oldham County Comic Con and as part of Hydra Publications, we bought two tables for the event. I was joined behind the tables by Stuart Thaman and Rachael Rawlings, two incredibly talented authors. Stuart offered up his fantasy novel, The Goblin Wars Part 1, his scifi/religious mashup, The Vatican Massacre, …
What to do with bad reviews
Have you ever wondered what to do with a bad book review? Author C. Bryan Brown asked me to share my secrets on how to both get new reviews and how to deal with the trolls who leave you nasty reviews, just because they can. I was happy to oblige. Check out his blog here.
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