Author Archives: Dave Folsom

About Dave Folsom

Author, writer, photographer and lover of music.

Writing Finding Jennifer Launch

http://www.davefolsom.net/?p=2346 Finding Jennifer Launch – Finding Jennifer, my fourth novel and fifth published work, is finally done. Satisfying as that is, I’ve discovered that writing, while a lonely, time consuming task, it is certainly the most enjoyable part of the book
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Learning to Write Fiction

http://www.davefolsom.net/?p=2340 Learning to Write Fiction – I confess to writing my first fiction short story in my teens a good many years ago. That first effort found its way to the trash in fairly short order. After that initial attempt the writing bug laid dormant a number of years filled with marriage and child rearing. That settled, I found time on my hands. After taking a couple creative writing courses, the bug rose to the surface again. Its been with me off and on since. The next few years left me with a box full of short stories and a matching box of rejection letters. My writing instructor suggested I turn one of those short stories into a novel. Continue reading

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New Book this Spring – Finding Jennifer

http://www.davefolsom.net/?p=2310 New Book this Spring – Finding Jennifer - We’ve been working hard on a new novel which should be in most online bookstores sometime before May. I’ve included the cover art and an excerpt from the first chapter for all to read. I would appreciated commnents and constructive criticism or if you like good or bad critiques. The premise follow our southern border problem and how easily innocent Americans can be unwittingly drawn into the danger. Our hero, reluctantly searches for a missing young woman and finds himself in the middle of the the border war. Then things really get complicated. Continue reading

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Winter Flowers – Amaryllis

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Writing Fiction

http://www.davefolsom.net/?p=2289 Writing fiction is mostly a solitary endeavor, one that combines a prodigious amount of typing, staring at the wall dreaming and occasionally gazing out the window at birds. Not that the birds have anything to do with the writing but they just happen to congregate in a place where I can see them. Like many fiction writers I started out writing short stories, which at least in my case, were mostly bad. Frustrated, I bravely took a year-long post graduate course in Creative Writing at a local college in my home town. Writing fiction is mostly a solitary endeavor, one that combines a prodigious amount of typing, staring at the wall dreaming and occasionally gazing out the window at birds. Not that the birds have anything to do with the writing but they just happen to congregate in a place where I can see them. Like many fiction writers I started out writing short stories, which at least in my case, were mostly bad. Frustrated, I bravely took a year-long post graduate course in Creative Writing at a local college in my home town. Continue reading

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Winter in the Sonoran Desert

http://www.davefolsom.net/?p=2249 Winter in the Sonoran Desert is a great time to enjoy the desert as temperatures are mild and the colors gorgeous. A recent trip to Phoenix in the early morning afforded an excellent opportunity to photograph a region that is loaded with the giant cactus common only to the northern Sonoran Desert. Continue reading

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End of the Year Book Promotion

http://www.davefolsom.net/?p=2240 As an End of the Year Book Promotion this blog will celebrate the second Christmas that we’ve covered a little bit of everything on the All About This and That blog. Continue reading

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Photographing Clouds

http://www.davefolsom.net/?p=2229 Photographing clouds is sometimes challenging, but both Arizona and South Dakota afford ample opportunities. Most of the time the shots are early in the morning at dawn or before and/or in the evening the last half hour before sunset until dark. This two “golden Continue reading

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Politics as Usual

http://www.davefolsom.net/?p=2222 Politics as Usual – I haven’t been able to add much to this blog lately as an accident to my right hand left me unable to type in recent weeks. Other than confessing that my wife and children have unceremoniously awarded me the Dumb Ass Award of the Month, I leave it Continue reading

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Capture Dakota Book Selection

http://www.davefolsom.net/?p=2211 It’s official! The Capture Dakota book selection is the one shown below. The Capture Dakota books are now available and a gorgeous book it is. Continue reading

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