John A. Heldt
Time-travel extraordinaire
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Audiobook: The Fountain
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The Fountain audiobook is now live on Amazon , Audible , and Apple Books ! It joins every book in the Northwest Passage, American Journey, ...
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Seeing the states in summer
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I am not a world traveler. I have traveled to Canada six times and Mexico three. In most cases, I sampled Victoria or Los Algodones for a ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Good intentions gone astray
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I broke my writing vows. Like I have so often in the past fourteen years, I started producing a new novel long before I said I would. Last...
Monday, June 9, 2025
The shot heard round the world
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To this day, no one knows who fired first or even where. All that is certain is that someone shot a musket ball in the lush Massachusetts co...
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Getting out and about
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I don't do many public book events, but I did one today. Along with several other authors, I participated in the Henderson (Nevada) Libr...
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Review: The Gilded Age
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I should have known the programs were joined at the hip. When I began watching The Gilded Age last month, I noticed that the television ser...
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Putting a name on a novel
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When producing a new book, I usually pick a title early in the process. I knew what I was going to call The Mine , The Journey , The Fountai...
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Building another bridge
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The middle book in a series almost always gets lost in the shuffle. It is like the sixth floor of a ten-story building or the third leg in a...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Drafting the drafts
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As I wrote here in February 2015 , I'm a plotter, not a pantser. I plan every book — and every series — in great detail before writing a...
Sunday, March 2, 2025
George Washington slept here
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The saying 'George Washington slept here' has long morphed into a cliché. Tourism officials and realtors use it to lure visitors to ...
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