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Rugby Daze
Ernest Hemingway, you weren’t so badass. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Food and Drink, Northwest Tales
Tagged Rugby football, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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EARTHQUAKE!
The Great Seattle Earthquake has come–to my doorstep, delivered by overnight express. And it’s a fine and handsome book. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Northwest Tales
Tagged Duwamish Tribe, helicopter rescue, medical thriller, Native American, novel, Seattle earthquake fault
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Shaken before I stirred
While the other night’s temblor caused some excitement, it pales in comparison to the magnitude 7.8 terror I dreamed up for my story The Great Seattle Earthquake! Continue reading
Posted in Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged The Great Seattle Earthquake, Three Lakes earthquake
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The Great Seattle Earthquake is on its way
I expect The Great Seattle Earthquake to be released in early 2019. Let’s hope the Seattle Fault doesn’t release its pent-up power anytime soon. Continue reading
Posted in Northwest Tales, Peyton McKean, Seattle
Tagged Cascadia Subduction Zone, Great Seattle Earthquake, natural disaster novel, Seattle Fault
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The Fireboat Leschi
Sometimes being a writer of thriller novels causes you to go places and do things you might otherwise never think of. Like the other day when background research for my novel about an earthquake and tsunami in Seattle led me … Continue reading
Posted in Author, Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged Fireboat Leschi, Seattle Fire Department, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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A Ride In My Uncle’s Warplane!
I hadn’t guessed that I would not only see, but fly in the aircraft that’s central to my novel about Uncle Herb’s exploits, heroism, and tragic crash-landing on a jungle island. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Guadalcanal Aviators, Northwest Tales, Uncle Herb
Tagged Grumman Avenger, guadalcanal, herbert hopp, south pacific, world war 2
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Earthquake Warning
I’d like to tell you all about my Seattle Earthquake story, but I haven’t written the final details yet. So, who falls from a crumbling building, or who gets swallowed up by a giant crack in the ground, hasn’t quite been figured out yet. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Nature, Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged Cascadia Subduction Zone, Full-Rip 9.0, natural disaster, Seattle earthquake, Seattle Fault
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2017—Pressing The Reset Button
I have put my home state through some major changes that actually COULD happen. But Nature has the power to heal the land and restore the world-renowned beauty of the place. Conveniently, as an author I can just hit the Reset Button. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Nature, Northwest Tales
Tagged Crater Lake National Park, Mount Mazama, natural disaster, Rainier Erupts, Seattle, volcanic eruption
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My Appearance at the Burien Library Saturday
Come on down to the Burien Library and grab a copy or two of my thriller novels, personally autographed by me. And maybe a couple of spares as holiday gifts? Continue reading
Posted in Author, Northwest Tales, Peyton McKean
Tagged Rainier Erupts, The Neah Virus
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Know of a good asteroid impact site?
Where would you like to see an asteroid or comet impact the earth? Win a free ebook if your idea is the best! Continue reading
Posted in Author, Northwest Tales
Tagged asteroid impact, Blood On The Moon, comet impact, Deep Impact, ebook, Lucifer's Hammer
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