I wanted to add a bit more in writing to my video about this cottage dream. My concrete foundation guys are hard at work, almost finished preparing for the first of two concrete pours. I’ve watched them over the past three days and I struggle to imagine now that I seriously contemplated doing the foundation…

While my new book, The Stones of Yemen, is a novel, it–like most fictional writing–is built around a nugget of truth. A central event in my story is the bombing of a school bus in Sa’dah, Yemen. It was an historical event on August 8, 2018. Below, I’ve posted a 25 minute documentary from Aljazeera…

It was in the summer of 1981 that I first became acquainted with the Arab world and grew to love the people while working in Abu Dhabi and Oman as a physician associate student. I draw from that experience, plus many others, for the development of the story in The Stones of Yemen. A mind-blowing…

First of all, I want to say thanks for your trust in me and my writing. I also had to get the word out about a minor glitch in some of the first books off the press. Writing and publishing a book is not for the fainthearted. I’m no Stephen King, who has a warehouse…

I am so grateful for those supporters who wanted to get their hands on a copy of The Stones of Yemen, after my launch on Monday, but couldn’t find it. I am pleased to report that the paperback has returned to Amazon, here. Unfortunately, Amazon (which sells more books than the next 100 bookstores combined)…

Due to overwhelming support, Amazon has sold out of the physical formats of The Stones of Yemen. They tend to underestimate unknown authors, but fix the problem of supply within 24 hours. Meanwhile, all formats (except the audio version) are available at Barnes and Noble here. The audiobook is only available here. Thank you again.

While the official launch of The Stones of Yemen is still days away, it is slowly being rolled out by bookstores. As I mentioned previously, the audio book version became available a week ago here, and as of this morning, Amazon released the Kindle version, which is available here. Mike