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John

A Little About Me

About Me

I live and write in central Pennsylvania, where I was born. I've published four novels and have contracted for two more. My novels are: "Cruel Cuts," A Sticks Hetrick mystery, ISBN-978-1-59374-910-0, published November 2007 by Whiskey Creek Press, www.whiskeycreekpress.com "Something In Common,A Sticks Hetrick Mystery," ISBN 1-59374-499-4, published June 2006 by Whiskey Creek Press, www.whiskeycreekpress.com "St. Hubert's Stag," ISBN 0-595-32869-5, published 2004 by iUniverse, www.iuniverse.com "Schlussel's Woman," ISBN 0-595-29929-6, published 2003 by iUniverse. Whiskey Creek will publish "Corruption's Child," the third in the Hetrick mystery series, in June 2008, and I've signed a contract with Lachesis Publishing for a historical novel, "The Accidental Spy," which is due out in March. Cuts,Common and Stag are also available in electronic format. Excerpts, reviews, short stories, essays and other information on my work is available at my website, http://jlind11.tripod.com I'm also a pen and ink artist and genealogist. I have a son and a daughter and four grandsons.

My Interests

Writing, reading, art, walking/hiking, genealogy, archaeology, history.

I'd like to meet:

People interested in writing and art, whether they're actually involved in producing it or just interested--that means readers, writers, librarians, teachers, booksellers, artists, musicians and other potential friends.

Music:

Catholic tastes. I like classic music, particularly Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, but also the blues, folk, rock and new age.

Movies:

The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 and 2, Lawrence of Arabia, Wuthering Heights, The Trouble With Harry, Jeremiah Johnson, Dances With Wolves, The Silence of the Lambs, To Kill a Mockingbird, Fargo, Snatch, The Missing.

Television:

Crime show junkie: Criminal Minds, The Wire, NCIS, Law and Order, CSI, etc., etc.; not much else except PBS, History Channel, Food Network.

Books:

So many it would take anothe section to list them all. A few classics, then: Poe, Dickens, Melville, Emily Bronte, Steinbeck, Cervantes, Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Hemingway, Nabokov, Katherine Anne Porter, Ross Lockridge Jr.. Modern: Peter Matthiessen, John Gardner, John Fowles,Jim Harrison,Jon Krakauer,Bernard Cornwell, Arturo Perez-Reverte. Mystery writers:Charles Williford, Ruth Rendell, James Hall, James Lee Burke, Elmore Leonard, John Burdett, Martin Davies, Caroline Graham, Elizabeth George, Greg Iles, among others.

Heroes:

My parents and ancestors; Henry David Thoreau, Jacque Costeau, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Picasso, Bernard Shaw, T.E. Lawrence.

My Blog

Sticks Hetrick Mysteries

I never contemplated writing a series. But sometimes characters just won't let a writer go. When I wrote "Something In Common," the first of the Sticks Hetrick series, I envisioned it as a stand-alone...
Posted by John on Wed, 07 May 2008 07:18:00 PST

The Good Weed

          I admit it, I love dandelions.           Some might find that subversive. There are those  who ...
Posted by John on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:20:00 PST

Excerpt-The Accidental Spy

Lachesis Publishing has set a new release date of April 28, 2008 for my historical novel The Accidental Spy. ISBN's are: print, 1-897370-55-5 and, Ebook, 1-897370-56-3. It is available now for pr...
Posted by John on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:17:00 PST

Available for Pre-Order

My historical novel, The Accidental Spy, is now available for pre-order from http://lachesispublishing.com ISBN: 1-897370-56-3 Dandy Dan McCracken is a rogue wandering around eastern Pennsylvania...
Posted by John on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:22:00 PST

Moon Shadows

They watched, warily as cats defending disputed territory. But watched devotedly, not with malice in the manner of cats. A word, a movement, by one attracted the other. Their eyes would meet, a smi...
Posted by John on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:09:00 PST

Coming In March

My historical, The Accidental Spy, will be published by Lachesis Publishing. In coming weeks I'll be posting excerpts, links to the cover and other information here. Meantime, here's a brief synopsis:...
Posted by John on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:47:00 PST

A Real Dog Won

I wasn't planning on writing a blog tonight but couldn't resist the temptation to pen a few words about Uno's victory at the Westminster Kennel Show. Uno, in case you haven't heard, is a beagle and th...
Posted by John on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:25:00 PST

LUCK

"Luck haint nothin' but an accident, boy, and that's the truth," the old man told his companion.   They were sitting in the pines on a bench overlooking the little town that was Boone's destinat...
Posted by John on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:47:00 PST

Mans Impact on Weather

             It may come as a surprise but some people were questioning the impact of man on climate long before the current dispute over global w...
Posted by John on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:17:00 PST

The Cat That Got The Majors Goat

The cat stopped in the middle of the road and turned, eyes flashing red in the light of the jeep's headlamps.   The dust kicked up when Kim slammed on the brakes descended like a luminous halo a...
Posted by John on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:38:00 PST