Dreams of the Philippines
How do you create fiction from your real life story?
Not sure of the best way, but here’s how I did it. My book, Dreams of the Philippines: Escape from Clark Air Base, is fiction but based on a trip I took to the Philippines as a young air force lieutenant way back in 1989. Here’s the promo video I made for the book. The […]
How to Write a ‘Good’ Book – 4 ‘Easy’ Steps
Note: This article is a bit of a milestone celebration -finishing my latest book, The Adventures of an Air Force Medic. As such, I’m having some fun writing about the process, talking about how it’s easy. But – here’s the truth – it’s been a long slog … it’s taken me over two years to write. […]
Clark Air Base … arriving for the first time.
In my latest book Dreams of the Philippines, (out soon) I write about arriving at Clark Air Base for the first time. I sat anxiously in the windowless cargo bay of a C-141 Starlifter military transport aircraft. It was pure adventure. Here’s an excerpt from the book … *** I closed my eyes as I […]
My first mango …
My new book Dreams of the Philippines should be out very soon. In the book I talk about eating my first mango. It was such an exhilarating experience, I felt I should share it here. If there’s anyone out there who’s never had a fresh, ripe, Philippine mango, I highly encourage you to go get […]
How to write a book …
Don’t know if I’m qualified to write an article titled “How to write a book.” But, here goes anyway. I’m in the process of putting together the final touches on my latest book Dreams of the Philippines and thought I’d share how I went about getting it done. The main purpose for sharing is to […]