I launched an eBook giveaway for my novel, Phoenix Rising, Lemuria Down. I believe it is a worthy summer read. It has a little bit of everything; humor, romance, deceit, adventure and mystery involving three hapless buddies trying to grow up rapidly while their lives are at risk.

Launching this made me harken back to the days when I first caught the bug of summer reading. As a kid, I often spent a week with my aunt Betty and uncle Ed and their son (my cousin), Roger. Roger was several years older than I, a great cousin who was more of a big brother to me. In his youth, Roger was an avid Hardy Boys reader, and he passed his copies onto me. Summer days reading Hardy Boy mystery thrillers under the shade of their picnic table was reading heaven. Little did I know that would be my first seed of literary love that brought me to the point of a love for writing and telling stories.

If you are in the mood for poetry too, check out the six collections I have listed on Goodreads or go to my website, droughtsthirst.com where all my work is listed as well as several most recent poems yet to be published. Break out the iced tea, put on sunscreen and enjoy!