October 29, 2017
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Fiction Writer Proposes Strategy to Cut Federal Budget? After reading my blogs, you’re probably wondering why is a fiction writer proposing a strategy to cut the federal budget? Well, in some ways the two go hand-in-hand. For two decades, now, … Continue reading
October 26, 2017
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In my last post, I indicated I had “de-sexed” SAX CLUB and released a Second Edition of the first book on the Detroit mafia in the 1970s and 80s. I’m sure you shook your head. “Geez, Cochran hasn’t even released … Continue reading
October 12, 2017
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Detroit Mafia/Thorn Birds Series Update Last year about this time I released the first book in a new series about the Detroit Mafia in the 1970s. Well, believe it or not, I’ve done it again. I’ve released the second edition … Continue reading
July 28, 2017
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Hello Friends and Fans, The Detroit Riots of 1967 made a huge impact on the future of Detroit. I was there and I’m about to share some of my experiences with you. Have you watched Facebook Live before? That’s where … Continue reading
July 20, 2017
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Detroit 1967 – I Was There! In some ways it seems like yesterday. Fifty years ago I was a young teacher working on my doctorate at Wayne State University in Detroit. On Sunday, July 23rd, I listened to Ernie Harwell’s play-by-play … Continue reading
June 13, 2017
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Building a Mountain Home In a previous blog I shared information about my wild ride from Florida to the mountains of western North Carolina. When we decided to build our home here I thought the wild rides were over. Little … Continue reading
May 11, 2017
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Who would have ever thought — a farm kid from Indiana who was so pigeon-toed he wore corrective shoes; who attended eleven different elementary schools; who spoke with a lisp; who couldn’t read until the fifth grade; who had one … Continue reading
May 4, 2017
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Hi Friends and Readers. As you know I have started posting blogs on a regular schedule but sometimes I enjoy a little change-up. I hope you do as well. My new series, Detroit Thorn Birds, is historical fiction about the … Continue reading
April 27, 2017
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Over the last few years Lin and I have been engaged in writing and marketing my books. It consumed much of our free time, but all that changed when we started building a new home. At first we didn’t understand … Continue reading
April 15, 2017
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Greetings, Today I’m continuing the wild ride story I started in my last post. We began our wild ride as we left Florida where we had lived for many years. And YES, as my title says our wild ride ended … Continue reading