Today I’m with Teri Polen at her Bad Moon Rising feature. This is the tenth year for this feature and the following graphic contains a list of participating authors. Participants answer questions about themselves creating interesting and fun posts. I have closed comments here but you can go to Teri’s post at https://teripolen.com/2025/10/08/badmoonrising-detour-on-the-eternal-road-by-john-w-howell-supernatural-suspense-bookgiveaway/ […]
Today, I randomly opened The Last Drive to page 181. With eyes closed, I pointed to the page. The word nearest to my finger is ‘registration,’ which becomes our prompt. Registration by John W. Howell © 2025 “Your license and registration, please.” “But officer, I didn’t do anything.” “You are under suspicion of speeding. Please […]
This post ran on June 9th, 2014, and was coauthored by Marie Ann Bailey and me. Since we still have weekends, maybe it will offer some tips. Top Ten Things Not To Do on the Weekend 10. On the weekend, do not attempt to catch up on all the sleep you missed during the week. […]
Today, we are visiting the Lakeway Greenbelt to witness the dedication of Lakeway’s official Rainbow Bridge. I was on break when this event took place, so I would like to thank The Producer for taking the photos and providing the background information. We are catered by Ezov of Austin, and our entertainment is Judy Garland. […]
The joke is on me. Thinking that another disaster was forming with the coffee machine, a standby plan was put into place. The machine sat in darkness, with no sign of life. The first part of the plan was to run through the checklist of operations to diagnose the problem. Water? Check. Beans? Check. […]
I am very happy to welcome Elizabeth Gauffreau here on Good News Friday. She has a new book and it is good news for sure. So without any delay. Here is Liz to talk about her book. Introduction Thank you for hosting me on my blog tour for The Weight of Snow and Regret, John! […]
“Hey, Tempeste. What cha finding over there?” “It’s nothing, Believe me.” “If it’s nothing why are you spending good nose time here?” “It just seemed like it would be something.” “I have to see for myself.” “Be my guest. See nothing.” “Yeah, you are right. You would think there would be a crumb of something […]
“Looks like a good day for the yard, Twiggy.” “I think you are right. Let’s get out there.” “Hey. Wait a minute. There’s a fence cutting off my favorite part of the yard.” “I think the rents are preparing for fall.” “What do you mean by preparing for fall?” “Well, you know how you love […]



















