by Jeffrey K. Walker | Jul 19, 2020 | Blog |
My Big Sister thinks I should be ashamed to admit this, but I can’t hate Ernest Hemingway. Sissy reminded me just the other day that Papa H was a “Misogynist Racist Anti-Semite Hyper-Machismo D-bag” (with an actual capital ‘D’). All true,... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Jul 5, 2020 | Blog, Tales of Skeeterville |
It’s hot. And humid. I mean feels-like-walking-through-boiled-molasses hot summer. Not just here in Virginia, according to Weather Underground, but the entirety of the Perspired States of America. It’s just turned July. Yikes. Let us give thanks to all deities and... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Feb 9, 2020 | Blog, Tales of Skeeterville |
[I have a zillion balls in the air this week, so I’m reposting an old blog. WIth the media in overdrive the last few weeks, what with the Impeachment Trial and the Iowa Caucuses, I thought it a good time to remember how important the realest of Real... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Oct 6, 2019 | Blog, Tales of Skeeterville |
I come from a long line of local politicians. Great Uncle Moe was the Treasurer of LaValliere County for a couple of decades, from which he managed to keep a wife and two mistresses in comfort. His big brother, Great Uncle Louie, was mayor of the county seat of Ojibwa... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Nov 18, 2018 | Blog, Tales of Skeeterville |
[So this happened last week. My second novel, Truly Are the Free, was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2018 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards. This is kind of a big deal because the Writer’s Digest awards are Very Top Shelf. My novel was...