Category: Articles and News

Local authors featured at weekly Farmers Market (and Mark Twain BUSTED!)

July 20, 2024 – Smyrna Depot Farmers Market, Smyrna, TN The Spine Bookshop, owned by Lindsay Schultz, features local authors’ books at her vendor table each week this summer. This location is the old Smyrna Railroad Depot, built in 1851, replaced in 1873. It now serves as an event space. As a 2nd cousin of…
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Local Bookstore promotes Local Authors – NewsChannel 5 TV

NewsChannel 5 – Nashville (WTVF, CBS affiliate) features The Spine Bookshop – April 18, 2024. Find dozens of local authors’ books, including mine, on these shelves! The Spine Bookshop is located at: 27 S. Lowry St, Smyrna,TN (inside the Trellis & Vine Studio/Gallery). To watch brief report, click here.  

Now available from Ingram Books!

Order my book direct from Ingram Content Group, providing books for over 50 years throughout the world. Headquartered in La Vergne, TN with branches in CA, NY, PA, MN, OR, IN, the United Kingdom, France, South Australia and United Arab Emirates. (Paperback only. For eBook, click “Buy on Amazon” at top of page, and select…
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WGNS Radio interview

At WGNS Radio in Murfreesboro, TN, owner Bart Walker (Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame, 2016) invited me in on March 4, 2024 for an interview about my book “Heaven is Like Eternal Sex” on his Action Line program, which aired from 8:10 – 8:30 a.m. He asked about my source of inspiration for the content…
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Vince Guaraldi – The Man Behind the Music of Peanuts

If you’re a HUGE Peanuts fan like me (or even a little fan), you’ll enjoy this short video: Vince Guaraldi – The Man Behind the Music of Peanuts (YouTube)

Book Review – Carol R.

“There’s so much to say about this book. For one, it’s full of beautiful illustrations about heaven from the people who experienced near-death situations. Next, the author rightfully backed them up with profound verses found in the Bible. Finally, this book also included some profound philosophies from eminent writers, poets, and philosophers. It made me…
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My Bookshop Store

NOTE: When you buy a book from here, you support your friendly local bookstores (and a new author, me!). Since I’m an affiliate partner through Bookshop.org, I earn a small commission. This helps local bookstores succeed while in the competitive market of online booksellers like Amazon, Walmart, Barnes and Noble, or Books A Million. Over…
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“Discovering Submarines and Heaven” Presentation

“Discovering Submarines and Heaven” Available for presenting to civic organizations, including church, college, historical and veterans groups. (PowerPoint is 35 min – Book table requested – Honorarium optional) This presentation shares a fascinating visual history of the development of submarine technology from ancient Greece to today. It includes mentions of various U.S. presidents who had…
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Goodreads review – Augustine F.

“Nothing could compare to the emotion, the thrill, the excitement, and the joy that this book evokes in you. The narration was smooth and clear. The topics were in-depth and well developed. This book has so much to say about the labyrinth of heaven. It opens our minds and our hearts to see what our…
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Navy Hymn – new version

In summer of 2022, as National Chaplain of United States Submarine Veterans, Inc (USSVI), I was asked to “hire” a choir and record a new version of the Navy Hymn “Eternal Father”. A sailor from Arizona contacted me with suggested lyrics for the current “submariner’s verse”. I supplied the photos. Feb 16, 2023 – Mission…
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