by Jeffrey K. Walker | Aug 1, 2021 | Blog, Posts About My Novels |
I’m taking a couple of weeks vacation and no one can make me feel guilty about it. Well, maybe a little guilty. I was raised and Irish-Catholic, so always have a free-floating background static of guilt. With the uninvited Miss Delta Corona crashing our summer... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Jan 12, 2020 | Blog, Posts About My Novels, Your Write Turn |
This is the seventh installment in my periodic “Your Write Turn” series of blog posts. I’ve talked about choosing writing as a second career, assessing what personal skills and resources you bring to your writing, hauling yourself over the hump of self-doubt, writerly... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Dec 29, 2019 | Blog, Posts About My Novels |
[Since this week happens to include both my ___th birthday and New Years, my wife Kay-Kay has surprised me with three nights at a posh resort in the Blue Ridge. In turn, I’m surprising you with a re-post of one of my favorite and more controversial posts from... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Nov 10, 2019 | Blog, Posts About My Novels |
Today I’m going to write about race in an historical context. The second book in my World War I and 1920s trilogy involves some characters from the revered 369th U.S. Infantry Regiment, the storied “Harlem’s Hell Fighters.” It will come as no surprise that... 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,...