-
The Twist Podcast #203: The Twist Halloween Spooktacular Listen If You Dare Episode
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we compare costumes, run down this week’s outrages, and offer our favorite pumpkin poisons. Plus a heaping helping of horrifying headlines. This one’s a scream!
-
Double Trouble: A Frightfully Good Halloween Giveaway (October 27 – 31)
For 5 days only! From October 27 – 31 you can download A House in the Woods, and Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery, free on Kindle. Treat yourself to a supernatural chiller where fear has a home in the woods, and the first book in the Maggie Dahl mystery series. They’ll keep you up reading till the witching hour.
(The second Maggie Dahl book, Open Secrets, is available now on Amazon, and the upcoming A House in the Woods 2: The Devil’s Due will be out in 2023!)
“Country living is Hell.”
Laurel and Jeremy Calloway have longed for a new life away from the chaos and confusion of New York City. Driving along a country road in New Jersey with a young real estate agent in the back seat, they almost miss it: a small house in the woods for sale. Laurel immediately thinks this could be the house for them, the house of their dreams, where a simpler life awaits. Laurel can finish her debut novel. Jeremy can look for a job in Philadelphia just an hour away. Stopping to take a look at the property, they meet the house’s caretaker, Eileen, and within a few weeks they find themselves the very lucky owners of their ideal home. But who are the mysterious old couple who’d put the house up for sale, having moved out months ago? Is Eileen more than a friendly neighbor? Who are the townspeople they meet, who all seem aware of the young couple now living in the house in the woods? And is it the house of their dreams, or of their nightmares?
-
A New Me: Soon to Be Writing as MA McNease
Making a book sale at the Frenchtown Bookshop It’s not a gender-neutral thing. It’s not even a pen name, since I’ve always written under my own name, and MA are my initials. Once I finish up the last Marshall James thriller, and the sequel to A House in the Woods, I’ll be using the name MA McNease. No periods. I just feel like some renewal, and I’ve never been fond of the name Mark. (It was Marshall at birth and later changed when I was adopted.) Stay tuned. I may put out A House the the Woods 2: The Devil’s Due, under the new moniker, I’m not sure yet. Just keeping it all interesting for myself. – Mark/MA
-
Retire Fabulously’s Dave Hughes on the Where Do Gays Retire Podcast
Dave Hughes is a leading authority on retirement lifestyle planning. He has written over 100 articles about retirement lifestyle planning for his website, RetireFabulously.com, and has published three books: Design Your Dream Retirement, Smooth Sailing into Retirement, and The Quest for Retirement Utopia.
From 2016-2017, Dave was a regular contributor to U.S. News’ On Retirement blog. In 2017, RetireFabulously.com received the Best Senior Living Award from SeniorHomes.com as one of the top retirement blogs, by both reader polling and judge’s selection. Dave was named one of NextAvenue.org’s Top 50 Influencers in Aging for 2017.
Following a successful 34-year career as a software engineer, trainer, course developer, and manager, Dave accepted an early retirement package and retired at age 56.
You can hear my own recent interview with Dave on the One Thing or Another Podcast HERE.
-
The Great SHOCKtober Giveaway! Nine Mysteries and Thrillers FREE on Kindle for 5 Days Only
For five days, from October 1 – 5, you can enjoy nine (9!) of my mysteries and thrillers FREE on Kindle. Just CLICK ON MY AMAZON PAGE or one of the book links below and start downloading for your killer Halloween reads.
Kyle Callahan Mysteries
Murder at Pride Lodge
Pride and Perilous
Death by Pride
Death in the Headlights
Kill Switch
Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge
Reservation for MurderMarshall James Thrillers
Murder at the Paisley Parrot
Beautiful Corpse -
The Weekly Readlines September 30
The Weekly Readlines (rhymes with headlines!) is a feature at LGBTSr.com, offering news you can use every week. Subscribe here for virtual delivery.
BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIESFirst the good news: coffee drinking is associated with increased longevity, in which case I’ll live forever, and Mitch McConnell backs the Electoral Count Reform Act.
Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida as a Category 4 storm before moving on to batter South Carolina. Judge “Trump’s My Boo” Cannon ruled against her own Special Master, making clear whose puppet she is, and Ginni “Looney Tunes” Thomas told the January 6 Committee she still believes the 2020 election was stolen. We have two words for her: GORE WON.
-
The Twist Podcast #200: The Twist Celebrates 200 Episodes! Plus Our End Times After Party
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we celebrate 200 episodes of Twisting the right away, casual coherence, meticulous madness, news, picks, opinion and fun! Plus more gay stuff than you could ever regift. Happy anniversary to the show!
-
‘Open Secrets: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’ Author Copies Arrive!
I must say I really like the way this cover turned out. It’s one of my best.
Now available: eBook and paperback editions of Open Secrets: A Maggie Dahl Mystery
Download a free 6-chapter sample HERE!
Maggie Dahl returns in ‘Open Secrets.’ It’s been six months since the media circus surrounding the last murder Maggie solved, and a year since her beloved husband David died. The dust seems to have finally settled. Then one morning a customer walks in and asks Maggie to do her a favor.
Soon a body is discovered on a rural New Jersey road. A body Maggie is sure belongs to a local author whose next book was rumored to reveal secrets not everyone wanted known. But were they enough to kill for? And who murdered the woman found in the woods? Maggie is determined to find out, even as her life continues its road back to normal, complete with the possibility of new love. Can she find the answers she seeks in the death of a local celebrity? And will love be part of her life once again when she least expects it?
-
Kapok Aging and Caregiver Resources: How to Increase Energy Levels in Men as they Age
By Angelica Herrera Venson, DrPH, MPH
The following excerpt is reprinted with permission from Kapok Aging and Caregiver Resources.
It’s no secret that energy often decreases as people age. Getting up in the morning gets more difficult and you get tired faster at the end of the day. While some energy loss is due to age, there are also ways to increase energy levels in men as they age.
In fact, seniors can stay much more fit and active than many people assume. Age doesn’t need to stop you from being mobile and enjoying life. The following areas are all ways to increase energy levels and get back to your life.
Check Vitamin D Levels
Vitamin D is synthesized in the presence of sunlight. Simply getting sun regularly is often enough. But, your ability to make vitamin D decreases with age. You may not be able to get your levels high enough from sunlight alone.
This makes vitamin D one of the few supplements that most seniors would benefit from. In fact, vitamin D supplements are often prescribed.
There are many symptoms of vitamin D deficiency, one of which is lower energy levels.
-
The Twist Podcast #196: Covid Diaries, Gays with Guns, Savoring Soap Operas, and More!
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we check in post-Covid, shout out to the armed and fabulous, savor the best of soaps, and scan the week in headlines.
-
It’s a 4th of July Goodreads Giveaway! Win a Copy of ‘Open Secrets: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’
Nothing says fireworks like a July 4th Goodreads giveaway! Enter to win 1 of 100 Kindle copies of Open Secrets: A Maggie Dahl Mystery. The giveaway runs from July 4th through the 31st. For U.S. subscribers only (sorry, it’s a Kindle rule).
Maggie Dahl returns in ‘Open Secrets.’ It’s been six months since the media circus surrounding the last murder Maggie solved, and a year since her beloved husband David died. The dust seems to have finally settled. Then one morning a customer walks in and asks Maggie to do her a favor.
Soon a body is discovered on a rural New Jersey road. A body Maggie is sure belongs to a local author whose next book was rumored to reveal secrets not everyone wanted known. But were they enough to kill for? And who murdered the woman found in the woods? Maggie is determined to find out, even as her life continues its road back to normal, complete with the possibility of new love. Can she find the answers she seeks in the death of a local celebrity? And will love be part of her life once again when she least expects it?
-
‘One Thing or Another’ Humor Collection Hits #1!
Well that was fast! And what a great way to start a holiday weekend. One Thing or Another: Life, Aging, and the Absurdities of It All All hits #1 in humor short reads. I’ll take it!
One Thing or Another is a collection of humor columns that take a look at life, aging, and the absurdities of it all. From our culture’s refusal to use the word ‘old,’ to the sometimes comical consequences of aging in body and mind, if not always in spirit. Collected from the author’s personal columns, these short essays will make you chuckle, recognize yourself, and sometimes grimace at the not-always-funny price we pay for simply staying alive.