Howard McEwen, CFA

Yesterday I stood in line at Chipotle’s and watched two moms out together with their two school-aged kids each. The first mom sat down, put the food and drinks in front of herself and her kids and the three began to eat. The second mom had her children sit down then she carefully unwrapped each [...]

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I remembered I needed gifts for folks in my professional life and the answer to that question is always booze. I trotted down the street the the discount liquor store sandwiched between a check cashing place and place that says “American Food” ran by accented guys from an indeterminate Eastern European country. The place was [...]

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You can click here. An excerpt: Are you currently working on any projects? Wrath was a pretty serious novel where I tried to delve deep into the psyche of some pretty dark people. I then wrote a novella about a self-absorbed father who destroys his family. I’m letting that one sit for a while before [...]

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I don’t know. I always read. I read ahead of my age although I realized I didn’t comprehend the subject matter. Once in elementary school I had a librarian stop me in the hall after checking out something she thought I was too young for. For some reason I’m picturing the book as Lord of [...]

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When writing my novel Wrath – the life and assassination of a United States Governor I wanted to open with something that would be noticed. I pondered the greats: It was the best of times worst of time… Call me Ishmael. It is a truth universally acknowledged…. Lolita, light of my life, fire of my [...]

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One of the problems I had with writing Wrath – the life and assassination of a United States Senator is that I didn’t like my lead character – William Goebel. Historically, he was a nasty man. My book was a novel so I could fill in some back story for him and could make up [...]

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I’ve written fiction off and on since I can remember.  What I never knew until the last few years is the why. Why do I write fiction? It’s pretty damned simple really. I’m trying to figure people out. People baffle me. I have no idea why they behave the way they do. I look at [...]

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Sometime in 2008 I was doing the pre-internet equivalent of web browsing – aimlessly roaming the public library. I’d pick up books, sample a bit then move onto something else. In the ‘BIOGRAPHY’ section a slim, 130 page blue book caught my attention. It was William Goebel: The Politics of Wrath by James C. Klotter. [...]

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You can find links to the short story at Amazon and BN.com for the Kindle and Nook @ facebook.com/prescottcarmichaeljaunts Here’s the description Just fired and sitting in a bar, Jake Gibb gets a phone call. It’s a job offer from the mysterious investment advisor Prescott Carmichael. Jake soon learns providing ‘client service’ involves more than [...]

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