The Crow's Nest

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...

The 1996 film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting remains among the most hilarious and depressing films of all time. Rarely has drug-addled introspection been so equally entertaining and horrifying....

I’ve never been much of a Metallica fan but for a few exceptions here and there. (ONE remains one of the single best anti-war songs of the last century.)...

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...

Hadn’t thought about this song in quite some time until I came across a recent article detailing how Mick Jagger and Keith Richards gifted the full rights back to...

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...

“Man, I work a lot.”  Work today means sitting and pounding at the keyboard hour after hour after hour. There was a time, though, when I actually worked a...

Another nod to Eric Church and this underappreciated gem from 2013.  It’s a blessing to have the love of a good woman. In that sense I’m the most blessed...

How ironic that my latest novel’s release came at the very same time the nation was witnessing a horrible example of media malpractice in which a group of Catholic...

God grant you lightness in your step, A smile on every face you meet, Loved ones gathered at your hearth, And at your door, good friends to greet. A...

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...

Horror movies tend to be so overly formulaic I don’t give them much attention. I liked them as a kid. They don’t impress me much today. And then came...

88-years-old and still making the kind of films that are tough to look away from. And in “The Mule” Mr. Eastwood also returns to acting for the first time...

The wife (aka The Little General) sent this my way as a recommended listen a few weeks back. It reminded her a bit of my newest novel, The Bowman Boys,...

(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...

So the brand new novel THE BOWMAN BOYS is out and about making new friends, possibly a few enemies, as it enjoys a reasonably strong foothold within the all-important Amazon...

With a release date now just a few weeks away, author D.W. Ulsterman takes a moment to let readers know a little more about his latest novel, The Bowman...

Coming soon!                                          

According to the CDC, the suicide rate among women of certain age groups has jumped 80% since 1999. EIGHTY PERCENT. It’s an appallingly tragic number and one that does...

Hello all – I’m finishing up the first draft then it’s off to editing. Until then enjoy this teaser…    

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...

Thanks to all of you who’ve been asking about when SAVAGE will be available. The answer is very soon – I promise! Until then enjoy this preview video: —————————–

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...

Hello again, If you nominated Rosario’s Revenge during its Kindle Scout campaign you likely have already received a message it wasn’t selected as a winner for publication. I knew it...

I’ve been listening to Bob Dylan for most of my adult life. I didn’t entirely get him as a younger man – too few miles on the tread and...

Some years ago I voted to raise taxes. It was a vote for which both sides of that damnable political fence rightfully condemned me for. I briefly tried to...

That’s a rather depressing headline, yeah? I’m sharing it with readers as an extension of my own curiosity with the impact modern society has on our collective health and...

It’s our time to make a move It’s our time to make amends It’s our time to break the rules Let’s begin… —————– Many don’t know the story of...

Take a second to nominate ROSARIO’S REVENGE. If it wins you get to read it for FREE! Go HERE: http://amzn.to/2yUtZDh ——————- The Kindle Scout interview: Q. Is there a message in...

The American Middle Class is dying and without a strong and thriving Middle Class, there is no America. Whether you are politically right-leaning or left-leaning, on that we should...

I’m tired. Not just a little tired mind you. I’m talking bone-tired, feet-draggin’, head droppin’, just want to flop down and call it a day, tired. And I’m not...

ROSARIO’S REVENGE has been entered in the Kindle Scout competition. Hit this link and nominate it and after the 30-day campaign if the publisher selects it as a winner then everyone who...

Keep an eye and ear open for updates on the fourth installment of my San Juan Islands Mystery series in the coming days and weeks! Until then enjoy a peek at...

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...

A great money-saving promotion is now underway via Kindle Press for my San Juan Islands mystery series. If you haven’t made this series part of your “must read” plans...