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(Photo is not current - taken in the Fall of 1965 while on a scenic tour of Southwest Asia as a member of the Screaming Eagle's 1st Brigade task force. Click HERE for a more recent photo.) Check out the Bastogne Magazine - the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) monthly magazine's latest edition. Coming soon: Missing Sticks - a new novel about Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division on D-Day. 101st Airborne Division Association 2008 Reunion News
With roots in the writing of John D. McDonald, Mystery Florida is a gathering of authors and readers who believe in the legacy of JDM's philosophies - great stories, great characters, and an appreciation for Florida's environment. Taylor and many other authors will be enjoying the sun and sea at the 2008 Mystery Florida Conference June 6-7, on Lido Key on the beach off Sarasota, Florida. Supported by Circle Books on Armand Circle, you can join the authors and mystery readers in the Mystery Mingle on Friday evening, a part of one of the most intimate and enjoyable writing conferences around. The photo on the left is from the 2006 Mystery Florida. Recognize any of your favorite authors?
BOOKS Gulf Winds won First Place in the Mystery/Thriller (Unpublished) category of the Florida Writers Association 2007 Royal Palm Literary Awards Contest.
Uly is tough, but a roadside bomb on the road to Baghdad killed his best friend and left him with a busted leg and Flash, a retired champion greyhound. (Click here to read the combat scene in Iraq - the prologue not included in the final manuscript.) In Gulf Winds Grant has returned to his old home along the banks of the Homosassa River and his life as a fishing guide in the waters in and around the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge where, as you might suspect, a woman leads him astray and conspiracies abound. Gulf Winds is looking for a publisher at this time. Click HERE for more about Flash and research in Homosassa and Chassahowitzka along the Florida Gulf coast.
From a member of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) while operating out of Mosel, Iraq across the same locales of Behind the Green Water: "...The book is a great read (a lot like Clancy)..." From Down Under:"...I find myself thinking about them sometimes, wondering if it would all work out in the end for them and then I laugh to myself, knowing firstly that it would have been fine and secondly that I am even thinking about 3 people that do not really exist. Not many writers have the ability to pull your soul into their stories." - Felicity Baker, Rolling Sea Reviews Click on the cover for more details about the writing of Behind the Green Water, the people and places in the story.
Click on the cover for more details about the writing of Flash of Emerald, the people and places in the story. Did you read Behind the Green Water and are interested in the sequel? Let me know if you have any suggestions as I build the plot - jmt. Amazon.com Shorts ![]() Mac Dawson and Jacqueline Grayson – are space wobblers – construction crew on the International Space Station - ISS, and about to enter a series of events that will enthrall readers. The continuing story will expand from the ISS to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Subsequent chapters will encompass intrigue, romance and dangerous betrayals as Mac and his partner Jacqueline evolve as leaders in the burgeoning societies of emerging space colonies. From the author: I will never get to Mars- except in my mind. Someday, someone will. I want my stories to take me and the readers to outer space, to live the excitement, thrills and adventure while testing Man’s reach toward the boundless limits of Space. Life and Death Interested in how to write action and adventure, other military and thriller authors? Doing research on the Taylor family? Some of the older articles in the Library might provide some insight, such as:
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