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New Publisher/Same Great Books
A few months ago my publisher announced they were winding down their business. Closing? It was definite. My initial horror transitioned into survival as I pondered how I might respond. They expressed an intent to lessen those fears by nudging their full list of authors toward self-publishing. To that end I’ve recently parted amicably with them. It’s a small publisher, more on a traditional…
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AI? Insight or Plaything?
Image by jcomp on Freepik Let’s start with plaything. I asked one engine to create a new author bio for me as if written by a paranoid schizophrenic. Forgive me, but I like it! And so on point … ———— Thomas Fenske is not just an author—he is a shadow in the literary world, weaving coded messages into his novels that they don’t want you to read. He operates from an undisclosed location,…
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Latest Project: Time Travel?
Okay, it’s not really time travel. Or is it? It’s more an excursion into resurrecting old technology, to wit, video tape cassettes. Ah, VHS, the technological marvel of the 1980s, then the standard we all lived by in the 1990s. An entire industry grew around this until it dissolved into relative obscurity in the new century, replaced by DVDs and later even Blu-Ray, both of which have now been…
Impacts
I created this graphic to promote my true-crime fiction HARMON CREEK. The story is written around a true event, the death of my wife Gretchen’s great uncle in 1930. Earl Swanger was a candidate for DA in a rural Texas county when he died mysteriously two weeks before the primary. The death was officially declared an accident within 48 hours despite the three stab wounds found during the autopsy.…
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94 Years Ago Today
On July 9, 1930, an apparent one-car accident resulted in the death of a local attorney in Walker County, Texas. At the time of his death, Earl ‘Buddie’ Swanger was a candidate for district attorney in the upcoming primary election. His death was officially declared an accident within forty-eight hours, despite the medical examiner’s mention of stab wounds and reports of the mysterious…
Harmon Creek -Latest Review
This very nice review was on Goodreads. The paperback can be ordered on Amazon or through most bookstores. Ebooks available on kindle, nook, or your favorite platform. Some links here: https://books2read.com/u/mYQPdw
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Cleo
We lost a beloved pet friend, Daisy, on January 28. We woke up and she was stretched out on the living room floor. We were devastated and were resolved to skip getting another dog for a few months. Daisy Dog grief is a strange thing. We couldn’t resist checking several shelter websites by Jan 31. Daisy had been a hard luck rescue and we felt the best way to honor her memory was to pursue…
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New ‘Old’ Domain
My previous site host doubled their rate so I let that service expire and transferred my old domain here. So, https://thefensk.com will bring you right here. I’ll be updating the site to include book information as well as hosting the blog.
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Long Time No Here
Sorry to have been so quiet for so long. As I like to say, Life Intervenes. I’m in the process of getting back on track and plan on posting with more regularity. I’d still like to invite you to check out my books at tfenske.com, eBooks are now available for Nook, Kobo, and at a lot of other sites. Sadly, they are no longer available for Kindle Unlimited. That’s a long story so perhaps I’ll share…
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Adios to a Friend
I said goodbye to Gypsy this morning. She was fourteen and was always a loyal and loving companion. She was an awesome cat. We rescued her along with four siblings from one of our out buildings in 2008. We gave away three and kept Gypsy and her litter brother, Dobie. She was a feisty kitten. We’d feed all five all at once and she was always first to the feast where she’d lay claim to “her” pile…
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Turning Truth Into Fiction
Turning Truth Into Fiction
Harmon Creek opens with a man sitting uncomfortably in court. We find out his name is Claude, and Earl Swanger is his attorney. Claude is a black man at odds with the world he lives in. He was arrested for petty bootlegging during prohibition and the sitting District Attorney is prosecuting him like a hardened criminal. Why? Because Claude is represented by his opponent in an upcoming…
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How We Got Here
The beginning of the story within the story.
The story behind the story The basic premise of Harmon Creek revolves around the death of Earl Swanger, a Texas attorney seeking political office in 1930. His quest for the office of District Attorney was cut short when he ended up dead next to an under-construction bridge. I first heard about this from my wife Gretchen. Earl Swanger was her great-uncle, he was the brother of her maternal…
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Help me help a friend with her celebration
Help me help a friend with her celebration
Today at 12PM EDT my friend and fellow writer Staci Morrison will be hosting an event on Facebook to celebrate both the one year anniversary of the inauguration of her MILLENNIUM epic fantasy series AND the publication of the fourth volume in that series, Sword OF THE SPIRIT. Congratulations to Staci … four books in one year is quite an accomplishment! I’ll be participating at 1PM EDT with some…
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... My New Release - Phase II
… My New Release – Phase II
First things first. I realized after pushing out my last post that I neglected a few things about web site development. I’m trying to remember the first web site I created, but it was way back. 1992 or 1993. You read that right. I had a web site before most people knew the wide wide world of webs even existed. I created it by hand. I remember a colleague who I shared it with asked me “what book…
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The Slow Road to My New Release
The Slow Road to My New Release
I just finished what I call the galley reviews for my June release, HARMON CREEK. Some people might call them the page proofs. What that means is that the book is in the pipeline and it will be foisted upon an unsuspecting public come June 1, or thereabouts. My media savvy daughter reviewed some materials of mine (I’ve been book marketing for going on seven years now, but still consider myself a…
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Getting Published - 3
Getting Published – 3
I was in new territory. I had a contract with a small independent press. Very soon I received the edited copy, which meant I had to do something I’d never done before. Now you should know that I had worked with personal computers since, well, since the very beginning. I cut my teeth on WordStar on an ancient CP/M machine. If you don’t know what that is, it’s not surprising. We’re talking old, old…
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Getting Published - 2
Getting Published – 2
Oops, there was a longer break than I intended due to a computer issue. My new system is up and running, so now I’m back. Last time out I left off with the thought that I started in again on THE FEVER after taking a break to write another draft. That draft was shelved for five years until it became my fourth published novel, THE HAG RIDER, but that is another story. Now, let’s get back to THE…
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