Monthly Archives: May 2013

My Peace Corps experience

In August 2000 I departed Washington, D.C. with 79 other volunteers for a two year assignment in Russia. We arrived in Moscow, and after some complications retrieving our baggage we boarded buses that would take us to Zelenograd, a suburb … Continue reading

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Going viral

What is the definition of going viral? One million book sales? Let’s assume for this exercise that one million qualifies as “going viral”. With that assumption, 100,000 book sales might be called going “mini-viral”. Or 10,000 book sales might be … Continue reading

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Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day to all active duty military personnel and veterans. This is a special day when our country offers a thank you to all military personnel, active duty and veterans. I am a veteran or the Vietnam War. Forty … Continue reading

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Fact or Fiction

I have been overwhelmed by the questions from prospective book buyers about whether or not the book is the life story of the author. Clearly more than half of the people I talk to about the book ask me if … Continue reading

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20% of royalties from Kindle sales goes to charity

Effective today, May 8, 2013 20% of all royalties from my Kindle book sales will go to Wounded Warrior Project for the remainder of May and June, 2013. Go to http://www.amazon.com/Life-Double-Agent-ebook/dp/B00C62T08I/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367090555&sr=1-1&keywords=life+of+a+double+agent or go to Amazon.com and search for Life of a Double … Continue reading

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