A big thank you to Charles Yallowitz for announcing the launch of Our Justice. You can visit his post HERE
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A Big Thank You to Gwen Plano for Helping to Launch #Newbook Our Justice
Thank you, Gwen Plano, for the post announcing the launch of Our Justice, You can see her post HERE.
Tuesday Anything Possible – Pre-Order Our Justice the Final Book in the John J. Cannon Trilogy
Introducing the third book in the John J. Cannon Trilogy – Our Justice
The terrorist leader and financier Matt Jacobs figured out a way to eliminate the President. He is relying on John Cannon’s stature as a hero to help him carry it off. John finds himself walking the fine line of pretending to help Matt while trying to figure out a countermeasure to the plan.
The action begins with John fearing for his life. Clearly, whoever is trying to get him has a mission to accomplish and the elimination of John is at the top of the to-do list. The quest to survive takes John and his love, Stephanie from the beaches of Port Aransas to West Virginia and finally to Matt Jacob’s corporate headquarters at the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco. There John finally understands what he needs to do to protect both he and Stephanie from further mayhem.
The third book in the John J. Cannon Trilogy brings together two strong wills for a showdown. The question to be answered is who will feel the satisfaction that the achievement of justice delivers? John, Matt or neither?
Our Justice is available on Amazon and KDP now in e-book format for preorder at $2.99 with shipments starting on September 23rd. The paper edition will be available on Amazon September 23rd at $14.99. Here is the link for pre-order of the e-book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LDFM9WM?ref_=pe_2427780_160035660
Here is a look at the trailer.
Excerpt
I see out of the corner of my eye that Ned is on the phone. Hopefully, he’s calling in reinforcements since it looks like the SUV is gaining on us. Just as the rear window of the Focus blows inward, he finishes the call. Hundreds of pieces of glass hit Ned and me. Luckily, it’s shatterproof stuff, so we’re mostly okay cut wise. Ned crouches down and fires three quick shots with his 9MM. In the mirror, the SUV swerves to the left and almost explodes after it rams a parked car. “Stop,” Ned yells.
I slam on the brakes, which nearly tosses Ned through the windshield. “For shit’s sake, I don’t have a seatbelt on, junior, so take it easy. Just stop and turn around.”
“You think those guys are still alive? The way that SUV went into that parked car, I would bet the driver is no longer with us.”
“Yeah, I bet you’re right. Just in case, though, slow down and stop fifty feet before them.”
I slow the Focus and come to a stop. Steam rises from what used to be the front of the SUV. The entire front end has been driven into the parked car, which looks like an old Cadillac—good and heavy, which doesn’t bode well for the SUV.
Ned gets out of the Focus and stands behind the door with his gun aimed at the SUV. “Don’t see anyone moving,” he says. “I’m going to approach the vehicle from the right. You stay here.”
He didn’t need to remind me to stay out of the way. By now, I’ve learned to let the professionals handle the sticky situations. Ned moves off to the right and walks at a slow pace up the slight grassy incline, which ends at the side of the surf shop. It’s obvious that he isn’t going to approach the SUV directly. I have to assume the line of fire for the guys in the SUV is severely restricted, since the way the SUV came to rest on the parked car, it’s as if it was parked that way on purpose. They’ll have to sight and fire out of the side windows, which will be tough since all the windows are up. Just when I thought there was no one alive in the SUV, a loud blast from inside blows out the rear side window and onto the grass. Ned falls down on his stomach, and I’m not sure if he’s been hit. While I sit wondering, a round of automatic fire erupts from the SUV, and the bullets stitch a line slightly above Ned, throwing up pieces of brick and mortar in a reddish haze.
I punch the accelerator on the focus and steer into the rear of the SUV. The airbags deploy, and the impact to my head leaves me dazed. A couple of seconds later, the bags deflate, and while still seeing stars, I attempt to open the door and get out. Something tells me to move quickly, and then I realize that the smell of gasoline is everywhere. I must have punctured the fuel tank. When I lift the handle and push against the door with my shoulder, nothing happens. I realize I am also still in the seat belt and think this is why I can’t move. I unlatch the belt and shove hard on the door and still cannot open it.
Author BIO
John’s main interests are reading and writing. He turned to writing as a full-time occupation after an extensive career in business. John writes fictional short stories and novels as well as a daily blog. His first novel, My GRL is available on Amazon and wherever e-books are sold. His second, His Revenge is available on Amazon and KDP Select.
John lives on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of South Texas with his wife and spoiled rescue pets.
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A Big Thank you to Sally G. Cronin for featuring #Newbook Our Justice in Her Cafe and Bookstore
A big thank you to Sally Cronin for featuring Our Justice this week in her Cafe and Bookstore. You can visit the store HERE.
Sally’s books.
Top Ten Things Not to Do on Labor Day
In honor of Labor Day and since I’m currently preparing for the launch of Our Justice, I’ve decided to use the same blog as last year and boil the top ten list down to the most important items. Let’s all remember those who make our lives easier and more pleasant. The remembrance includes we authors.
Top Ten Things Not to do on Labor Day
10 through 1
On Labor Day have fun but do not drink and drive. If you do, at best you are a fool. At worst, you could hurt or kill an innocent person not to mention your guilty self.
Happy Labor Day all.
A Little Bit of Fun
Dave Barclay at https://barclaydave.wordpress.com and John Howell at http://johnwhowell.com got to fooling around one day on a few comments back and forth. The subject turned from the serious to the ridiculous with a couple of iterations on the question, “What are the curses of mankind?” We had to admit that after we developed our curse statement we had a good laugh and thought you would like to join in on the fun.
Here are the curses we identified
“Work is the curse of the drinking class.”
“Sleep is the curse of the drinking class.”
So how about you? Think of a curse and put it in the reblog comment section and then reblog. It is that easy.
Views of the Neighborhood
Today’s view of the neighborhood is the Chapel in the Dunes. On top of the highest dune in Port Aransas sits a tiny chapel. It was built in 1937 by Aline Carter who later became the Poet Laureate of Texas. It was in this chapel that Ms. Carter gave Bible lessons to the children of Port Aransas.
In the 1970’s Texas Artist John Cobb was inspired by Ms. Carter’s memory to paint the walls and ceiling of the chapel. His artistry along classic lines of the ancient biblical painters took over three years to finish.
So come with me on a tour.
We start with a long climb to the top of the dune
We see the chapel at the top
The woman to the right will give you an idea of the size of the chapel. Very tiny.
Inside there are several pews, and you can begin to see the result of John Cobb’s work. The altar in the center of scenes depicting the multiple religions of the world. You can also see that the floors made of pieces of granite cut in the Texas hill country and shipped to Port Aransas. The altar is solid marble.
As you enter the Chapel facing the altar the walls on the left depict scenes from the Old Testament of the Bible and the right from the new.
Here is a sample of the left wall showing Adam and Eve and other stories.
Here is the right. Although hard to see, New Testament events such as the coming of Christ are recreated.
Here is a shot of the back wall. This is a summary of faith with Christ (in the center above the door) holding the keys to heaven (left) and hell (right).
The final shot is a thank you to our Docent Laura Davis for taking us on the tour.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “accumulate.”
It is Saturday and time for Stream of Consciousness. This week’s prompt is “accumulate.” Linda Hill says we can use the word any way we want. I was thinking of naming a piece of furniture Accumulate given it has been in the way for a while. I don’t believe that use was what Linda had in mind. If you would like to see what this prompt is all about you can visit Linda’s post here.
Accumulate by John W. Howell © 2016
“What are you doing?”
“Trying to figure out how I managed to accumulate all this junk.”
“What junk? I see a garage full of things but no junk.”
“Well to you it may be things to me it’s junk. Look at this saw for instance.”
“What about it?”
“It is not sharp. Look I can run my hand along the teeth and not get . . . oops.”
“What happened. Oh my gosh you’ve cut yourself.”
“I would say so. Hand me that towel.”
“Here. Is it serious? It’s not supposed to be serious.”
“Nah. This is nothing. See its stopped bleeding already. What do you mean it’s not supposed to be serious.”
“I’m glad it’s not serious. I intended to say I hope it’s not serious. So what other junk are you talking about?”
“Look at this old bike. It needs new everything.”
“You could fix that if you had the time, and it would be like new.”
“Who has the time. Look at this tennis racket and all this other stuff.”
“Okay, I’ll admit that you have quite an accumulation of things and time is a premium.”
“Ha. See.”
“I don’t think you need to worry about it, though.”
“Why’s that and by the way. Who are you?”
“Who am I? They call me the grim reaper and I have come for your soul.”
“You’re kidding right?”
“Nope. That’s who I am.”
“I’m sorta relieved.”
“How so?”
“Look at this accumulation. Who wants to deal with that mess?”
“As I said.”
Friday JohnKu – AKA TGIF
This has been quite a week. We received over five inches of rain on Tuesday which was a blessing. The tropical storm Hermine took a right turn and is heading to the Southeast. I have to hope those folks in the Southeast are spared any hardships. Reports of heavy rain and the fact that the storm might become a hurricane before landfall make this hope dim. Today’s JohnKu talks about how ordinary things seem until they change.
Change By John W. Howell ©2016
The sun shines on us,
Never need question it’s there. . .
Till the dark descends.
Thursday – A Little Personal – Peggy Update
It has been a while since I have updated Peggy the Heron’s status. For those not familiar with Peggy, she is a Blue Heron and has one injured leg. None of the rescue folks have been able to catch her and so for the last couple of years, she is one of our neighbors. I am happy to report Peggy is dong well. She is still giving the sad limp to fishermen and collecting fish in the process. Here is a photo of her on the beach.
Another taken last December in the water. There is a fisherman off camera, and she is asking him for a sample. She can only use one leg to stand.
Here is a photo of her taken from our backyard. As you can imagine, she also enjoys the benefits of pond life. The photo is a little blurred because I tried to do a close up with my iPhone. My old man hands couldn’t hold the phone steady enough, but you can get the idea.
Here is a better shot showing the pond and Peggy.
So as you can see, Peggy has branched out from Gulf fishing to include pond fishing. She usually spends the mornings on the beach and afternoons in our yard. We are alway glad to see her. She looks great and is doing well.
