Author Archives: David Healey

The best movies are in your head

Whenever I need a bit of inspiration, or when I just feel like some serious procrastination, I tend to go on over to YouTube and watch a few movie trailers. Stirring music, exciting images … sometimes the trailers are better … Continue reading

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An Engineered Injustice by William L. Myers Jr. Published in The Big Thrill 0 By David Healey Imagine riding Amtrak’s fastest train, the Acela. Inside, the seats are comfortable and the coaches are well appointed. This is no tired train … Continue reading

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Join Me for Library After Hours this Friday!

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WAS RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 9! Hello friends, the Cecil County Public Library in Maryland asked me to host its first After Hours at the Library event, to celebrate the Winter Reading program. They also sent … Continue reading

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Man of Honor by Chris Malburg By David Healey Chris Malburg is a writer who wants to get things right. Sure, it’s not unusual for a good thriller writer to head to the local library, spend some time with Professor … Continue reading

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Baltimore Sun Op-Ed on new Chesapeake Bay span

From a writer’s perspective, what makes the Eastern Shore and Delmarva unique is that it’s out of the way. A proposed new Chesapeake Bay crossing could truly impact our sense of place. Here is the Baltimore Sun op-ed I wrote … Continue reading

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Winter Reading begins at the library!

I have signed up and will be tracking my reading in February. There’s a whole stack of books and in my Kindle, waiting for me: James Rollins, Linwood Barclay, Preston & Child, Sheila Lowe, William Myers, John Sandford. Can you … Continue reading

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Short stories that model how to write short stories

Winter. Outside my office window, rafts of ice cover the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The crew of a dredge crew climbs aboard a tug, headed to work on the icy water. In the distance, hunters are setting up decoys around … Continue reading

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Reflections on running and writing

  NOVEL RUN: REFLECTIONS ON WRITING AND RUNNING (This piece appeared in Running Times magazine. These days I really prefer walking, but this is a good time of year to think about getting outside and exercising, no matter what form … Continue reading

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REBEL FEVER gets new ebook and print edition

  Click here for the link to the PDF sample of REBEL FEVER.

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Meet handwriting expert and writer Sheila Lowe

0 (The following article appears in the January issue of The Big Thrill, published by the International Thriller Writers.) By David Healey Be warned. At one glance, author Sheila Lowe can almost instantly know your deepest secrets and take the measure … Continue reading

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