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Hey Ma! I'm on TeeVee!
Oh, you want to talk with me about my book? Be Glad To! I wrote in a September blog post that I was fortunate to be invited to read from...

Craig Allen Heath
Dec 2, 20222 min read


Your Review Matters
The reader review is the most striking and valuable development in modern publishing. As I close out the second month since publishing my...

Craig Allen Heath
Nov 20, 20223 min read


Heart on a Tightrope
A Review of Revive (Sarah Browne Series Book 2) I'm up on the tight rope One side's hate and one is hope But the top-hat on my head is...

Craig Allen Heath
Oct 30, 20223 min read


We Have Liftoff!
Hello! Unlike the Artemis moon rocket, my debut novel Where You Will Die launched and cleared the tower over the past few days! It is...

Craig Allen Heath
Sep 30, 20223 min read


"Heath makes very few missteps"
The Kirkus Review of Where You Will Die pulls no punches. One week away from publication of my debut novel, Where You Will Die, the first...

Craig Allen Heath
Sep 18, 20223 min read


First Public Reading of Where You Will Die
I'm excited and honored by the invitation to give my first public reading of Where You Will Die, this Tuesday evening, September 13, at...

Craig Allen Heath
Sep 10, 20222 min read


The Not-A-Big-Deal Reveal
I had ideas for a special, wow-inducing reveal of the cover design for my novel, Where You Will Die, due out in late September. I thought...

Craig Allen Heath
Aug 31, 20224 min read


The Little Red Hens to the Rescue
I find it difficult, thinking back five years later, to remember and explain the origin of the five women known in my novel as "The...

Craig Allen Heath
Aug 19, 20226 min read


The Victim Who Wasn’t – Ruth MacKenzie
For someone we find dead on page 1 of Where You Will Die*, Ruth MacKenzie plays a big part throughout the rest of the book. Here's how...

Craig Allen Heath
Jul 23, 20226 min read


Eden Ridge: Paradise Imagined
My wife and I lived in the forested, foothill California town called Paradise for over twenty years. We loved it there, and turned our...

Craig Allen Heath
Jul 9, 20225 min read


REVIEW: The Enemy of Love is Us
A Review of Flickering Heart by Tricia LaRochelle Like all good romance stories, Tricia LaRochelle's debut novel pits the happiness of...

Craig Allen Heath
Jun 29, 20222 min read


On Being a 60-Year-Old (Literary) Virgin
Actually, I just turned sixty-four, but my literary virginity is about to be lost. My debut novel, Where You Will Die, will come out this...

Craig Allen Heath
Jun 9, 20223 min read


The Timeless Task of Atoms
An atom, forged at the dawn of time, lives in my body. It burns and hums as once it did in the corona of stars, in the shimmering gasses...

Craig Allen Heath
Oct 29, 20211 min read


REVIEW: Symphony of Substance and Suspense
A Review of Sinister Refuge by Rick E. George On the topic of the writing craft, Margaret Atwood urges authors to follow one iron-clad...

Craig Allen Heath
Oct 28, 20213 min read


The Universal Message is You
Alan Wright, the main character of my novel, "Where You Will Die", has a message. For more than ten years, he has spread the word via his...

Craig Allen Heath
Sep 1, 20213 min read


REVIEW: Auguries of Immanence
A review of As If Death Summoned by Alan E. Rose When I finished reading Alan E. Rose's latest novel, As If Death Summoned, and closed...

Craig Allen Heath
Aug 3, 20215 min read


Who's This Alan Wright?
And what's with the kilt? My manuscript of WHERE YOU WILL DIE is now in the hands of a very accomplished and insightful editor, giving...

Craig Allen Heath
Apr 10, 20216 min read


So, I Killed a Darling
An entire chapter of WHERE YOU WILL DIE, put out of its misery. Accomplished authors and teachers of the writing craft all agree: Good...

Craig Allen Heath
Mar 13, 20218 min read


Watch Me Read: "Some Pruning is Best Done in Fall"
In October 2020, I participated in the first-ever Zoom meeting of WordFest - the long-lived and beloved forum for Pacific Northwest...

Craig Allen Heath
Feb 14, 20211 min read


Memento Mori
"If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic...

Craig Allen Heath
Feb 3, 20211 min read
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