I almost forgot about this blog site until a few days ago.  Don't think I ever used it but maybe once or twice, but now's the time to start being a regular blogger again.  Used to do that a lot, then lost interest.  My attention span is short, barely long enough to get this written.  Anyway, here's the recent news.  I've got a book out there now, for sale on Amazon.com.  It's called The Redrocks Chronicles, a collection of short stories, fourteen in all. 

I don't really know what to say about this book other than . . . it's funny, it's different, and it's easy reading.  Redrocks is an imaginary Texas town on the Rio Grande River, and the stories are about the people who live there.  It's all in good fun, but there's some serious business going on here.  I started writing this book to amuse myself and then discovered what a wonderful vehicle it would be to take to task the society we all live in.  I've long been a critic of government in this country, but that stands to reason since I'm a retired political science professor.  But nobody wants to listen to someone vent their dissatisfaction with government, even if they are qualified to do so.  Sometimes our government is so sad it's funny, and that's what I tried to focus on in this book.  Don't get the notion that the book is about politics because it isn't.  The stories are about other situations and conditions, and I simply use them to point out the shortcomings of a system of government that has outlived its usefulness.

If you read my book, you'll see that I'm looking to start something.  I've always been like that - a bit of a troublemaker.  I'm not a bully, don't pick on the little guys, but I don't mind a good fight either.  I look forward to confrontations, and I don't bite my tongue to keep from offending other people's tender sensibilities.  If a reader doesn't like my style or points of view, shut the book and don't read it.  I'm sure not everyone's cup of tea.  I'm direct, confrontational, opinionated, politically incorrect, sarcastic, and downright ornery at times.  But I see the humor in things even people with good senses of humor miss, and when I do, I'll point them out to you.  You don't have to be smart to understand my stories; you just have to be willing. 

I'm working on other projects, and you'll be hearing about them before long.  If you think this blog is a shameless effort to pump up interest in the new book, you're right.  And I don't feel a damn bit bad about it.

October 11, 2013