“Barney Hill, the black man who joined together that which custom had strictly divided, died on February 25, 1969. He died without knowing that his harrowing experience, of helpless and terrified captivity in the dead and deathly hours of the night, had buried itself like some alien seed in the … [Read more...]
“Outtakes of a UFO Investigator” – What Do They Look Like?
No, I'm not talking about the UFO aliens. I'm talking about the main characters in Outtakes of a UFO Investigator--Danny Shapiro, his mother Anna, his father Leon. For those of who you haven't seen my earlier Outtakes posts, I've been posting PDFs of stories that were originally part of my novel … [Read more...]
“Outtakes of a UFO Investigator” – Danny Takes Flight
It's time. Five of my writer friends have read the manuscript of The Color of Electrum, sequel to Journal of a UFO Investigator. They've given me their comments. Another friend, a firefighter, has also read it, looking for errors of fact or plausibility. He's done me a great favor--given that … [Read more...]
“The Color of Electrum”–Ezekiel Visits the 60s
Novelist and poet Valerie Nieman, author of Blood Clay, did me the honor last month of "tagging" me for a writers' blog hop on the theme of "My Next Big Thing." Val posted on her current project, a gripping, suspenseful novel called Backwater, about a young girl’s coming of age and her encounter … [Read more...]