Rite of passage: A born liar…an article I recently wrote for the local newspaper

The challenge done my way…a story.

A hot and steamy day in St. Louis. Another good day for writing! (I’m hard at work on The Return and the next John Knox). Dave Barry and I, heading to Russia for the State Department in 2 weeks, received pages of information on what to expect on our trip: it was mostly warnings of diseases! Strange!

The Giver has gotten some good comments from KK readers. Thanks for those! Keep watching and reading and, as always: GO RAMS.

While The Giver may fail in places as a piece of perfect storytelling, the new film with a host of hunks and movie stars is at once compelling and visually dramatic. Though it seems at times part Forest Gump, and large part, George Lucas’s THX1138, the use of color, metaphor and symbolism eventually finds its way clear of stereotype to engage the viewer in a romantic, thought-provoking story that tries too hard in the end to be Hunger Games, when it could have been just smart all along.

With the defeat of the Overtakers behind them, the five teenagers known as the Kingdom Keepers should be celebrating. By all accounts, they saved Disneyland from certain destruction. Why then did their mentor leave one last puzzle for them to decipher? The Keepers must solve a puzzle of the past, or be crushed under an evil that makes the Overtakers seem like gentle souls.  

The Return – Disney Lands available March 31, 2015

Check out the summer writing challenges on my Facebook page. PICTURE, PROMPT, PRIZE is what is it called. Please join in!

Article from Shelf Awareness…enjoy!

I am out and about the US talking about my latest suspense novel The Red Room. Hope you can come by!

My (unsolicited) opinion of how to improve professional baseball and diminish what can be the boring element of expert pitching. A simple rule: both teams are allowed no more than three pitchers per game. There it is: the way to increased offense, shorten game times, and provide more excitement. “I’m just saying.” – Ridley

Just a week away from the launch of The Red Room. I hope everyone gives it a try.