by RobertTownsend | Dec 15, 2022 | Family, Resurrection, Russia, Soviet Union
Semur-en-Auxios, France The weather in France has turned cold, between 30-34F. I hear guffaws all the way from Northern Wisconsin. A blizzard sweeps across the northern plains and into the Northwoods as I type. Today is an anniversary of sorts. Patrice and I arrived...
by RobertTownsend | Feb 3, 2017 | Publishing, Resurrection
Jon Einarsson Jon Einarsson crossed the parking lot to the The VFW Post in Iron Mountain, Michigan, a single-story building sided with local material––varnished and rounded remnant ends of sawn white pine logs––and in the local style––an asphalt-shingled single-story...
by RobertTownsend | Sep 9, 2014 | Germany, Publishing, Travel
It has been a long road across storied lands – Croatia, Germany and the United Arab Emirates before I go to the farm. Patrice is teaching these two months in Colorado, and felt I would be underfoot, so…I’ve come to Dubai to write and visit my child. The...
by RobertTownsend | Sep 1, 2014 | Publishing, Russia
Two down; three to go There is a recent novel, A Simple Plan, where two brothers and their friend stumble upon the wreckage of a plane–the pilot is dead and his duffel bag contains four million dollars in cash. In order to hide, keep, and share the fortune, these...
by RobertTownsend | Aug 21, 2014 | Publishing
The Wounded the second novel in The Long War series: Available to pre-order now 1 October price $4.99 Pre-order price $2.99 at: Kindle Barnes and Noble IBOOK KOBO (credit card not charged until the book is shipped on 1 October 2014) “The Wounded” is the second...
by RobertTownsend | Aug 19, 2014 | Germany, Publishing, Travel
Novelist seeking words in storied lands Our year abroad on a budget approaches an end. Our strategy was to live where it was inexpensive (Rovinj, Croatia) in order to afford better (Dresden, Germany), then giga-expensive (Dubai) (visiting a child). It has worked....