TOIL UNDER THE SUN: A NOVEL

Toil Under the Sun is a powerful novel of an adopted boy’s growth into manhood as a U.S. Marine during the “Forgotten War” in Korea.  It is an intricately crafted account of friendship and betrayal…fear and courage…shame and atonement…which in exquisitely written prose explores the hidden rage and abnegation of an adopted child.  Many of the great themes of literature and of life are woven into this masterful story: love, honor, respect, courage, guilt, fear, faith, and redemption. And most importantly, the story is guided throughout by the fundamental belief that our lives have meaning far beyond our daily toil under the sun.

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Best Opening Lines from Contemporary Authors

Although this was posted in February 2018, I just now discovered it. To my astonishment, the opening line to The Perilous Journey Begins (the first book of Nor Things to Come: A Trilogy of the American West) made the list. Here is the link to the website:

Best Opening Lines from Contemporary Authors

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Basketball in Alaska

GUEST POST FOR ALASKA WILDERNESS AUTHOR ROBIN BAREFIELD

Robin Barefield recently invited me to "guest blog" on her author website. Please use the following link to read the article. And while you are visiting, check out Robin's books: they would make excellent Christmas gifts. Rich Ritter: My Journey to Becoming an Author

Another Not Yet Famous Quotation

“I couldn’t sleep one night, so I dragged myself out of bed and turned on the computer. I surfed the Internet and read several boring news stories until I felt sleepy. As I was about to retire, I found a fascinating article on poisonous spiders and learned many interesting details about the black widow, brown recluse, Australian funnel-web spider, among others. After that, I couldn’t sleep for three days.”   —Rich Ritter