Book Commercial for Boise Montague Mysteries On President’s Day 2023 we shot a book commercial for my Boise Montague mysteries. I had decided to create a commercial months ago, but I could not bring myself to shoot the darned thing. I wrote the commercial, wrote the shooting schedule, storyboarded the entire commercial, all 40 seconds…
What the fuck was he doing here?Theo had planned this out. He had contingencies in place for many things: a beat cop who happened by, a browser who wouldn’t leave, a kid who had to have a Charleston Chew from this store every night at nine o’clock. He hadn’t planned for Fitts. Theo felt the…
Gene finished 2nd in the annual competition with a 1,000 pound prize. Gene’s piece told the story of his family’s trip to Peru in 2017. The full story can be seen here: The Spiritual Land of Peru. Special thanks to the.travel.awards judges and a nod to my fellow writers who finished in the top 3:…
Hi Everyone, Gene here musing on my April 6, 2021 release day of novel #2: Sweet Paradise. This one is very different from novel #1 (Dark Paradise) in that there’s no food, drink or friends gathering at my home to celebrate. There’s also the bittersweet feeling of doing something the second time, which while notable,…
This book takes a lot of patience and slow reading. It’s not easily grasped, so I knocked off one star simply because people often tell me they stop reading because the stories are sometimes difficult to understand, too poetic, not clear enough. I stuck with it and like some science fiction books, accepted that much…
About an alcoholic named Jacaranda Leven who goes gets involved with the rich and beautiful people of “The Barge” in Hollywood, then moves to Santa Monica to surf and discovers she has a talent for writing. Her love for a lithe, gay man named Max belies her existence. Once she starts writing, the “dear friends”…