John A. Heldt

Time-travel extraordinaire

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Review: The Cuban Affair

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If there is one thing I like about Nelson DeMille, it’s that he manages to get my attention just about when I am ready to give up on him. Tw...
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Sunday, October 1, 2017

Review: American Ulysses

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In rankings of U.S. presidents, Ulysses Grant typically finishes at or near the bottom. Most contemporary historians have little use for the...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Heading down a different road

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If there is one thing I like about being an indie author, it is having the freedom to dance to my own drum. Last spring, I faced a choice — ...
Friday, September 8, 2017

Review: Endurance

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History, I think it is safe to say, favors the winners. It remembers and rewards those who try and succeed, not those who try and fail — or ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

A find that could not be eclipsed

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While most news organizations this past week focused on two objects in the sky, at least a few paid lip service to an object in the ocean an...
Thursday, August 3, 2017

The traveling road show (2017)

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For most of my life, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been a footnote. In 2001, I spent part of my fortieth birthday at Treasure Island and beat the ...
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Sunday, July 2, 2017

Writing in a single-genre world

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I admit it has always been a challenge. When you write multi-genre books in a single-genre world, you sail into the headwinds of an industry...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

Getting a start on summer

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Summer, I think it is safe to say, is not the productive season. People take vacations in summer. They set school aside. They leave the heav...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Finding answers in Johnstown

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Like most writers of fiction, I prefer to see a town before I write about it. There is nothing like walking the streets, smelling the air, a...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Review: The White Queen

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I like history. I like it so much that I majored in history in college, read a hundred historical fiction books as an adult, and wrote ten m...
Saturday, April 1, 2017

Review: The Johnstown Flood

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For me, each new novel begins not with a keystroke on my laptop but rather with a book, a web site, or even a movie. It begins with an effor...
Sunday, March 19, 2017

Review: The Black Widow

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When it comes to reading thrillers, I must admit I’m a creature of habit. I am far more likely to read the ninth novel of an author I like t...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Book tag: a new Q and A

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As a blogger and an author, I am occasionally invited to participate in activities designed to raise the profiles of bloggers and authors. S...
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Sunday, March 5, 2017

March roundup and more

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If there is one thing I’ve learned about readers in the past five years, it’s that they like books in bunches. So for the second time in two...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

An American Journey ends

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Like every other writer on the planet, I am often advised to write what I know. For more than five years, I have proudly ignored that advice...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Having fun after five years

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I remember the day like it was yesterday. I clicked a button on a web page in the morning, waited impatiently for several hours, and finally...
Sunday, January 8, 2017

Planning a series the right way

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The first thing I learned when creating the American Journey series was that writing a series was much different than writing a single nove...
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Sunday, January 1, 2017

New goals for a new year

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I have never been a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. All too often, they are not realistic. They are things we should file under "...
Monday, December 19, 2016

Behind a holiday masterpiece

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One of the things I like most about this time of year is that people and organizations focus more on disparities in society and the needs of...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

A first draft for a last book

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Fifty-five days after telling others I would not begin writing the fifth American Journey book until January 1, I have finished its first dr...
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Saturday, November 12, 2016

Starting down the final road

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There is nothing like bringing a series to an end to focus the mind. Authors pay more attention to details and getting it right because they...
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Friday, October 7, 2016

Review: Edge of Eternity

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I am not a fast reader. I almost never finish a book before it’s due at the library and usually max out my renewals before bringing it back....
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Review: Timeless

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Like a lot of people, I love time travel. I’ve written nine time-travel novels and read or watched everything from A Sound of Thunder , Time...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Review: Brooklyn

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I don’t watch a lot of movies these days. One reason is that I don’t take the time to watch them. Another is that I don’t find current offer...
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Friday, September 2, 2016

Finding fun in the Fifties

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In every series there is usually one novel the author looks forward to writing the most. For some, it’s the first book, the one that sets th...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Giving a nod to my better half

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She is usually the first person I consult on writing matters and the contributor I trust the most. She is the person most likely to recogniz...
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John A. Heldt
John A. Heldt is the author of twenty-six bestselling time-travel novels. The former reference librarian and award-winning sportswriter has loved getting subjects and verbs to agree since writing book reports in grade school. A graduate of the University of Oregon and the University of Iowa, Heldt is an avid fisherman, sports fan, coin collector, and reader of thrillers and historical fiction. When not sending contemporary characters to the not-so-distant past, he weighs in on literature and life at johnheldt.blogspot.com.
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