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Category: Writing
Listen to Russell Tell Stories on the Radio
Russell joined Jason Rowe on KPRC radio’s Next Up Houston radio show to share some of his stories.
Corona Journaling
In Houston, I expect we’ll begin the next step up in Covid-19 this morning, or one morning soon. Not just closed businesses and staying at home, but what sounds initially a lot like like confinement. Once I read the rules Read More …
Court Stories and Novel Writing
Something I often want to blog about are my days in Court. I have had hundreds of adventures over the course of my career, as any trial lawyer has had, but one can’t just blog about them. You have clients Read More …
Memento Mori
I rise at 5 a.m. each day to write, and it’s like slaying a dragon each time. There’s the ‘resistance’, the voice that questions my abilities, worth, sanity. The resistance never sleeps. It never slackens, and it never really goes Read More …
The Bald Fat Guy at the Bar
The other Friday night I had a terrible confrontation–with myself. You wouldn’t have known it; nothing happened that anyone else could see. Melinda and I were in Brenner’s on stools at the bar. You know Brenner’s? It’s ‘Old Houston’, a Read More …
Writing Our First Children’s Books
Perceptions Friends is volume three of a series published by Inklings Publishing. The series of books are designed to assist teachers and parents teach their children to read. It’s scheduled to launch in February. Melinda and I wrote two children’s Read More …
Mrs. White: “I guess your other teachers are too easy.”
English teachers were always my nemesis. Too many rules. Too much spelling. Not that I didn’t need them — I did. They were my only access to literature. I’ve written before that when I was in elementary school my learning Read More …
Summer: Time for Author Talk and Granddaughters
After a summer weekend babysitting my wonderful granddaughter, I broadcast with Sandy Lawrence and Aimee Ravichandran on Author Talk Monday with super energetic Judith Briles from Denver. We talked about her new book How To Create A $1,000,000 Speech and Read More …
A Book Launch and Update
Sandy Lawrence and Aimee Ravichandran helped Robert Andrews launch his new book Champion’s Mental Edge Saturday at River Oaks Bookstore. We previously talked to Robert on Author Talk: Robert’s book speaks not only to the athlete, but to how each Read More …
TIMOTHY LEARY and ME
Nicholas Noecker wrote a short story about meeting Timothy Leary that he shared with me. It’s excellent, and he’s kind enough to allow me to share it with you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. — Read More …
The Next Book
Last week I finished the first draft of my next book, the sequel to Murder For Me. I immediately caught a virus and have been unable to start the first rewrite. I’ll start as soon as I get over this Read More …
Disappearing to Write
Please forgive me for not blogging sooner, but I assure you, it’s for the best of reasons. The words have been coming quickly: 5,000 one week, 6,000 the next. Between the courts and the words, I’m cooked at the end Read More …
Writing One Year Ago: Number 5 On the Amazon Best-Seller List
One year ago Murder For Me reached number 5 on Amazon’s best seller list in its genre during Cyber-Monday. It was a great day for me. Of course, that list is fluid and constantly changing. I’ve moved on to the next Read More …
Staying on Task When China’s on Your Mind
Word count. That’s what my task is, where my mind should be, tonight. We’re back from China and I’m working on the last few chapters of the first draft of the sequel to my novel Murder For Me. I’m twenty chapters Read More …