Leeds Book Club – Initial Thoughts for August 29th Q&A on “Mirror Mirror; Halloween Party of the Century” As I prepare for the upcoming Q&A, I’ve been exchanging messages with Hannah, the Book Club Organizer, and supporting her by answering a few questions in advance. Where did you leave off with the work on Mirror […]
Category: AUTHOR THOUGHTS
As a self-published author and victim of an elaborate publisher scam out of the UK, I’m attempting “Plan B” to avoid the avalanche of scammers posing as readers, authors, agents, and even publishers who appear to troll virtually every author networking site. This post is intended to promote second-level, two-way discovery with a legitimate agent, […]
Walking With My Dad This walking stick, whittled out of ash or hickory, belonged to my dad. The surface is shaved perfectly smooth, and I’m sure it took a lot of work to make a perfect walking stick. In a way, I was with him for 1.58 miles this morning to honor him with my […]
Novellaire Circle Book Club Author Spotlight Feature Ongoing Spotlight Season | April 20th, 2026 At Novellaire Circle Book Club, we are committed to discovering bold voices and stories that challenge the boundaries of imagination. This season, we are honored to spotlight author Gary G Wise, whose novel “Mirror Mirror: Halloween Party of the Century” takes […]
Embrace the Silence Silence drowns out any other sounds that could soothe with ordinary, which is no longer, hurled out with familiar routines wrapped in the loss of a loved one. Thoughts are in disarray, stretched to breaking over the fresh impact of loss, familiar routines seem pointless, and a steady bombardment of memories that […]
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Popcorn Wars
Pop Corn Wars I have heard people say that “life is a constant struggle“. I am a partial believer of that statement when things like ‘getting-up-in-the-morning-to-beat-the-school-bus’ are a part of my regular reality. Every weekday morning, I am confronted with another ‘beat-the-bus’ struggle to motivate my kids to get up…get up…get goin’. I suppose each of […]
“Puye Prophecy” The spirit of Big Crow with Little Feet knew of the existence of Katherine (Kat) Jackson long before she knew of him. Their connection was spiritual and rooted in deep family blood ties. Kat had DNA markers from her mother’s side of the family acquired generations earlier through a Puebloan Indian tribe that […]
The storyline I’d been working on for “Undaunted” held me captive for most of the day. That’s a good thing when that happens, but it’s exhausting. Maybe that’s just a convenient excuse to step out for a glass of wine, and I caved under the pressure of that thought, heading for my favorite local microbrewery, […]
As I packed away my laptop to head into the building at a job I had just started a week earlier with Roche Diagnostics in Indianapolis, I caught the tail end of a new broadcast that said a small private plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I remember thinking, How can you be […]
Trying out a new book cover for “Undaunted” – Book #6 in the Dreamscape Conspiracy Series, using my own photography. Thoughts? Merry Christmas and Peace to you and yours! G.