The Crow's Nest

My bestselling novel The Irish Cowboy has continued to perform well and grow a very loyal fan base over the years—something for which I am so very grateful for....

Our world is getting too damn old. Longtime readers know how much I enjoy the Rolling Stones. While Mick Jagger and Keith Richards received the lion’s share of attention...

John Lennon would have turned 80 this past week. Sadly, it’s a birthday that never was due to his life having been cut short by an assassin forty years...

I am pleased to announce that the second installment of The Bowman Boys was just finished. Now, we send it off to the editors for their review while the...

2020 has been an odd one, yeah? Hope you are all happy and safe and finding time to enjoy some much-needed summer relief. As for me, I’m working away...

Readers of my San Juan Islands Mystery series will likely recall the term “Matia” from book #3 of that series, Murder on Matia. I’d like to take a moment...

If you drive through the Fidalgo Island town of Anacortes during the spring and summer months you might find yourself watching the friendly antics of a wheelchair-bound gentleman named...

This month my novel, The Irish Cowboy became the #1 reviewed book in my entire catalogue, surpassing the first in the San Juan Islands Mystery series, the award-winning, The...

Back in 1859 the United States and Great Britain nearly went to war over a pig. The result after 12 years of tense negotiation was a victorious America laying...

Stuart Island is a bit of an unknown gem among the more popular and visited San Juan Islands. It’s tucked away on the northwest border where the Salish Sea...

Much of my San Juan Islands Mystery series (click the link HERE)  is steeped in the actual history of that storied Pacific Northwest archipelago. Two men, though not direct...

Just a quick video tour of the garden grounds put together by the fine folks at the Roche Harbor Resort in the San Juan Islands that I thought readers...

Had a reader recently inquire about the narrator for the audio version of The Irish Cowboy. He’s the talented actor, Greg Patmore, who also happened to co-star with Kevin...

Recently, I shared a story with my wife and daughter about the time my across-the-street friend and I got into a fight that ended up with me barely conscious...

Per request, a little video titled, “D.W. Ulsterman’s San Juan Islands” from a few years ago. Enjoy! **Yes, the red-white-and-blue Chris Craft in the video was ours. We’ll always...

As I waited for the final touches to be completed on the upcoming next installment of  The San Juan Islands Mystery series , Roche Harbor Rogue, I revisited one...

A bit of unexpected good news arrived this week from Hollywood via the fine folks at Ezvid Inc. The Writer, book one of the popular San Juan Islands Mystery...

OKAY! Just finished the initial draft of Roche Harbor Rogue.  Next, it’s off to the editor for a thorough poking and prodding. In the meantime, I’m working with my...

Adam Sandler’s new Netflix standup show is mostly classic Sandler: sophomoric, crass, silly, and mildly entertaining. There is a segment in that special, though, where he transcends the simplistic...

Far too many boys grow up without a father and the sad results of that reality can be seen in the moral decline and overall confusion of society as...

I’m coming up on another anniversary of my mother’s passing. It is the time of year I can’t help but think of her and most recently I’ve been listening...

(Be sure to check out the drone video below! Credit: MV Orca) My regular readers know well my ongoing (and bestselling 🙂 ) SAN JUAN ISLANDS MYSTERY SERIES. A good...

I came across a great article out by today by The National Review that I highly recommend. It involves a topic near and dear to me and one that...

As the Kindle Scout campaign winds down for my latest novel, SAVAGE (you can still nominate it HERE ) I thought I should take a moment to do two things. The...

Had an interesting article pop up on my  Twitter feed this morning. It was posted by a youngish (and increasingly successful – good on him!)  New York publishing agent...

Two of my favorites from a wonderfully grumpy and semi-reclusive artist who had little time for pretense. Played these both a lot growing up, (and growing old) each one...

Hah! I wasn’t even aware of this until a kind reader sent the link. It’s from a USA today column in April titled: (click on title to be taken...

Many readers of my novel The Irish Cowboy have shared how great it would be to see Clint Eastwood taking on the role of Hap, the aging and ornery Savage rancher...

Readers of my novel,  THE IRISH COWBOY  are already familiar with the location of Savage, Montana. My newest standalone novel takes place in that very same location and is...

I first learned of Bukowski via the Showtime series, Californication when the main character, Hank Moody, would sometimes reference the hard-living, California-based poet/author. I later learned Moody was based...

With the second installment of the San Juan Islands Mystery Series, DARK WATERS out of the proverbial gate and preparing for the publisher’s initial round of promotions, I decided to take...

Leonard Cohen was a poet who happened to perform his words via song, a sort of suit-and-tie version of Bob Dylan. Cohen’s work is dark, yearning, contradictory prose that...

After my latest novel, THE WRITER was chosen for publication, I have had many current and/or aspiring authors message me in the last few weeks to ask my opinion...

It was my 7th grade school year – small town America. A logging and farming community born of hard-worn men who said little yet communicated much, and steely-eyed women...

Some readers might recall my occasional references to what remains my own on again, off again love affair with the game of golf. It is an endeavor introduced to...