Author Archives: Ron Giesecke

VLOG: Loitering Around McCloud

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

At the outset, I’d like to apologize for the over modulated music at the beginning. I’m too lazy to fix it.

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Maslow KNEW I needed you readers!

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Call it what you want. the pinnacle altitude on Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, or the Coach seat in Dante’s Inferno. After I read C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce yesterday, I’m half convinced that Larry Flynt has a greater chance of … Continue reading →

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Blogging from the Mountain Star Cafe

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Later today, I’ll be hopefully making a Vlog from this amazing place. A place buried in the center of a mercantile building from the gold rush days of a building seated at the foot of Mount Shasta. I thought I … Continue reading →

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Vlog: Riverside caterwauling

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Quoth the raven:    

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Weird. I finished the introductory chapter

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Not sure how I’m supposed to feel about this.  Last night, under what felt like a complete lack of motivation, I finished the introductory chapter that defines the protagonist . . . which is really an antagonist if you want … Continue reading →

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Headed up the mountain.

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  With the  exception of a guest post, I am liable to not be blogging much this week.  Headed out in the morning to McCloud. See you around.

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Overview: The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I have to admit.  I’ll never be a film maker with the chops that allowed Spielberg to channel Lincoln, but if I was, this book would be the first adaptation I would make.  And with fear and trembling I would … Continue reading →

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Written: the first sentence of my first novel 

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Unbelievable. After EIGHT LONG YEARS of having the idea for my first fictional offering in my head, I managed to grab my Iphone, open the “notes” app, and scrawl the first thirteen words. And suddenly, I feel this immense sense … Continue reading →

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VLOG: My weekly harangue of Cal’s Books is complete!

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Somehow, making this trip commensurate with what I’m actually reading at the moment gives me a certain . . . um . . . continuity.

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BOOK GIVEAWAY #1

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

This is Lynette Noni. She really doesn’t need my help with promotions, but she IS one of the first people to find and follow my blog. Her Young Adult fiction work, Akarnae, is doing well. It’s also possible to get … Continue reading →

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