I first heard about Sudan on CBS Sunday Morning, followed by an online article from Wired a day or two later. The story struck a chord for a couple of reasons. First, I'm a long time animal lover. It's what had me decide at the age of seven to pursue my first career as a small animal veterinarian. Second, I've been pondering for some time what I might write about on this blog that my readers would find [...]
I've recently started the 'prewriting' stage for my third book in the Zak Bates Eco-adventure series that began with Dominion Over All followed by Endangered (which is in the final editing phase). I started this series with Ivory - Zak Bates Eco-adventure #3. The purpose of this series is to share my journey from story idea to a finished book entitled Ivory. It's my hope and intention that both writers and readers of visionary fiction will find [...]
Like many people I've been appalled by the horrendous killing of thousands of majestic elephants by poachers over the past several years so I've decided to do my part to spread the word so this senseless killing can be stopped before it's too late and elephants become one more species that no longer exists on our Earth. Ivory is the working title of the book. It'll be the third book in the Zak Bates Eco-Adventure series [...]
It was a good week and a very creative one. I started two new book projects as well as starting my first pastel painting in over fifteen years. I love times like this and it's one of the joys of being a writer. The first project was inspired by my listening to a new audiobook by Spider Robinson, Stardance. What prompted the new project was that the book was recorded by the author. I'd enjoy recording [...]
This past Tuesday, Oct. 17, 49 exotic animals were killed in Ohio. They were: 9 male lions, 8 lionesses, 6 black bears, 3 mountain lions, 2 grizzlies, 2 wolves, 1 baboon . . . and 18 Bengal tigers (By the way, Bengal tigers are on the endangered species list) One report (Pat Summers of www.AnimalBeat.blogspot.com writing for NewJerseynewsroom.com ) sited the cause of this horrendous tragedy to be due to "lack of tight regulations." [...]
