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Jeffery Hess interview in the June issue of The Big Thrill
Writing for The Big Thrill is always a pleasure because it gives me an opportunity to a lot of wonderful authors and discuss writing with them. My latest interview was with Jeffrey Hess, a Florida-based writer. This was actually the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeffrey Hess, John Sandford, No Salvation novel, Thrillerfest
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General Eisenhower’s D Day Announcement: The Words that Launched Ten Thousand Ships
General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s inspiring “Order of the Day” launched the D Day invasion on June 6, 1944. At the same time, he wrote a second message in case the operation involving 150,000 Allied troops failed. Seventy years later, Eisenhower’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ghost Sniper, Writers & Writing
Tagged 1955, D Day, General Eisenhower's Day Day speech, June 6
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Life lessons from your local library
by David Healey The recently released film, “The Public,” dramatizes an imagined standoff between altruistic staff and patrons of the Cincinnati Public Library on one side and self-interested government officials on the other. The film brings some positive attention to … Continue reading
Watch the C&D Canal Documentary on MPT
Chesapeake City’s connection with Showboat and the canal’s role in the Civil War It was a pleasure to have a small part in this amazing documentary on the C&D Canal and Chesapeake City! I was able to talk about the … Continue reading
Posted in Delmarva History
Tagged C&D Canal documentary, Chesapeake City, John Paulsen
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Meet the Legendary Writers of the Chesapeake
Chesapeake Writers: Literary legends from around the bay Please join us for a Chesapeake Writers talk on May 7 at 6:30 pm at the North East branch library. Local author David Healey will introduce you to our own literary legends … Continue reading
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This is the online home of David Healey, author of thrilling historical fiction and regional histories. Over the years, quite a lot has been added to the site, so this page will help you get started with navigating HealeyInk. Please … Continue reading
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Spanish flu epidemic raged 100 years ago
This video comes courtesy of the Cecil County Public Library, where the talk was given. More than 100 years ago, the Spanish flu epidemic struck worldwide, leaving millions dead. Even the small towns of Maryland and Delaware were impacted … Continue reading
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Returning ospreys have become rite of spring
High atop the Chesapeake City bridge, a pair of ospreys has returned to its nest, just as the birds have done each spring for the last several years. These birds of prey have a hawk eye’s view of the town … Continue reading
Math Bird interviewed in The Big Thrill
The new issue of The Big Thrill is out, and in it, there’s an interview by Your Correspondent with Math Bird, the Welsh crime writer. Math and I spent about 40 minutes back in September chatting by Skype about his … Continue reading
If you haven’t tried an audiobook, listen up!
It seems like readers everywhere—or maybe that should be listeners—are really getting into audiobooks. Why is that? I think that a huge factor is technology. It’s so easy now to listen to an audiobook. Simply click on a title and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ardennes Sniper, audible, audiobooks, free audiobooks, Ghost Sniper, Iron Sniper, Red Sniper
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