by Jeffrey K. Walker | Aug 18, 2019 | Blog |
The third volume in my First World War and 1920s historical fiction trilogy, No Hero’s Welcome, comes out in a few weeks. This book, set almost entirely in Ireland from the Easter Rising in 1916 through the end of the Civil War in 1923, completes the story of...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Aug 11, 2019 | Blog |
I spent a lot of time in China on business. By business, I mean spending a lot of time at law schools convincing deans to sign partnership agreements and students to spend a lot of money studying at the law school I worked for in New York City. And I mean a lot of...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Aug 4, 2019 | Blog, Your Write Turn |
Yep, the book publishing world has been turned upside down. There are few markets that were earlier or more thoroughly disrupted than publishing. Well, maybe music. The gatekeepers of yesteryear just aren’t keeping the gates much anymore. The Big Five publishers used...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Jul 28, 2019 | Blog, Posts About My Novels |
One of the guilty pleasures for any historical novelist is having a grown-up reason to wallow around in research about wherever and whenever you choose. In my case, the self-indulgence may rise to the level of mortal sin. Having long been a semi-professional Irishman,...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Jul 21, 2019 | Blog, Your Write Turn |
In the first two posts of my series, Your Write Turn, I tried to convince you that you can pursue any number of new career choices after the age of 50—including becoming a writer—and I gave you a personal inventory to run through in determining what you bring by way...
