April 2024
I started something new here at The Dossier. It’s called The Writer’s Dossier: Five Quick Author Questions.

The idea is to save the listener time by limiting each interview to under fifteen minutes. We get right down to it so you can go about the rest of your day. With each discussion, I’ll be turning the tables on author/podcasters like Travis Davis and Terrence McCauley by asking them questions about their books. Usually these talented guys ask the questions … but not this time.

You can check out the first installment with Travis Davis where we discuss his new book ONE OF FOUR. Hope you enjoy and tune in as we add more.

January 2024
With it being so cold lately here in Northwest Ohio, I’ve been indoors a lot. You just don’t go out in January. Everybody knows. It’s like not going outside in the afternoon in Savannah in August. Not that Savannah’s anything like NW Ohio. Being a native, I mean that from the bottom of my heart.

I’ve been fortunate, however, in between binging Netflix, Prime, and Apple TV, to go on some podcasts. Lately, I was lucky enough to get booked on one of my favorites: The Spybrary Spy Book Podcast with Shane Whaley (he’s been on the BBC, you know!) The Spybrary community is a great group of spy book lovers, and so far, they haven’t slayed me for my appearance or my book recommendations.

On a special edition of the show called Dead Drop 5, I got to share what five spy novels I’d want my handler to leave in my Berlin dead drop. There were other things I got to request, as well.

Shane is a wonderful host, and this segment was a lot of fun! Tip of the hat to Dossier members I.S. Berry, Bruce Borgos, and Adam Sikes who all got mentions on the show. What a great time. Hope you enjoy.

December 2023

I had the pleasure of joining Gavin Stone on his podcast to talk about polygraph, Afghanistan, and writing. It was a blast! Gavin served as a security & intelligence covert operative. He has over 20 years of applied experience, globally deployed by government organizations such as the British Ministry of Defense, corporations, and ultra high net worth VIPs. In other words, he’s James Bond.

This is how Gavin set me up: The real life Jack Ryan intel analyst joins me to talk about the world of intelligence and the lie detector machine used by the intelligence community, never talked about publicly before, that isn’t even allowed to be used on American citizens! Our very own Jeff Circle, the man who’s done so much and has an incredible background, is going to share his story of how he went from joining the army, being a cop, working in intelligence then becoming an author.

Please be sure to follow Gavin Stone on X @AuthorGavin and check out his podcast.

November 2023

Anyone who knows me knows I love music. All sorts. I particularly enjoy jazz and blues, but I’m a sucker for anything live. I’m fortunate enough to live near a venue that delivers some top-rate jazz, and they asked me to do a newsletter. I was happy to get involved. If you’re in the area sometime, please stop by.