The Crow's Nest

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...

I don’t do it often but from time to time I share with readers something personal. This is to be one of those times. A few years earlier my...

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 think I might be getting old. Not just “older” but legitimately old. Today my youngest graduates high school. In a few months she will be off to university....

It is a national disgrace and one in which most of our political “leaders” hardly mention. How is it that the leading cause of death for all Americans under...

“Prologue was very dark. Might offend some readers. Would you consider modifying or removing altogether?” So went the editor’s suggestion regarding the introduction to my bestselling mystery, THE WRITER. She...

As painful as the question is to consider, I appreciate having readers catch the mystery-within-the-mystery that is a foundational component to so many of my novels. In this case...

Feel it in your bones music. Enjoy the rest of your week. And don’t forget to read a book! -DWU (language warning) ———————- D.W. Ulsterman is a bestselling, award-winning...

The pre-order for my latest novel, “Murder on Matia” is now available. Please go here to pre-order your copy: MURDER on MATIA It is winter in the San Juan...

Today marked the first Masters without the presence of Arnold Palmer in more than sixty years. That absence was as much a part of Augusta this morning as were...

Eric Church, that is.  As my regular readers know, I do enjoy a good bit of music. That said, Eric Church is an artist truly hitting his stride –...

Came across this photo today and it broke my heart. Not that I’m surprised to see such things. Heck, I’ve witnessed it with my own eyes countless times –...

I’ve killed dozens of people in the course of my writing career. From intrepid old soldiers to corrupted politicians, it seems no-one, regardless of how loved and/or admired, is...

The soon-to-come third installment of my SAN JUAN ISLANDS MYSTERY SERIES is progressing nicely. Hoping to have it off to the publisher for their final review/approval within a few weeks...

Indeed… No Leaders, Please invent yourself and then reinvent yourself, don’t swim in the same slough. invent yourself and then reinvent yourself and stay out of the clutches of...

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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...

2016 took a lot of significant names in entertainment, politics and culture from us, but, thank goodness, Willie Nelson remains very much alive. I can recall watching this touching...

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...

For the past week or so, the Little General and I have sat down nearly every evening to watch an episode or two of Netflix’s just-released series, The Crown. Let...

My latest novel, DARK WATERS is now available for purchase from Amazon. Enjoy – and don’t forget, it would make a great gift! 🙂 Also, please remember to leave a review...

You can pre-order the e-book version of Dark Waters:  HERE “There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none...

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...

God bless those who have managed to keep some of us around, yeah? To this day, even after all these years, I sometimes wake up to the sound of...

Great news! Dark Waters (the sequel to, The Writer) has been give the green light from the publisher! Working out the details now, but hoping to have a pre-order...

Just a little over a month before he passed, Arnold Palmer made an appearance at the Royal Golf Club in Minnesota, which his course design company is working in conjunction with...

So I’m brushing my teeth this morning, and what do I hear coming from the TV in the bedroom but that long-ago song by Tom Petty, Learning to Fly....

I never much cared for Star Wars. You see, from a very young age, it was always Star Trek re-runs for me. And now Gene Roddenberry’s sci-fi masterpiece is...

Rather like this one… —————–  

Love me some Roadies. Showtime’s original series  joint-effort with longtime Rock -n- Roll quasi-documentarian Cameron Crowe, starts off a bit slow, but then the tour bus gets a rollin’ and...

Sixty-five minutes. Another American military veteran gone. We can do better for those who have already done enough. My longtime readers know well my feelings regarding the sacrifices our...

From one iconic legend to another. John Lennon is long gone. Bob Dylan is still here. And so Dylan reflects on that very thing. He doesn’t give us the...

The last six weeks have been a flurry of activity doing promotion for the first installment of my San Juan Islands Mystery series, THE WRITER , and the ongoing work in...

A haunting reflection on past addictions, a life nearly lost, and the woman who fought by his side to keep that life intact. And a true story… (Make note...

D.W. Ulsterman’s Songs To Live & Die By: “RAINY NIGHT IN SOHO” August 5th, 2016 I love music because music helps me to love and appreciate life. There’s a...

Has it really been nearly six years since I first began watching AMC’s Hell on Wheels? There was plenty that initially drew me in. A Southern-loner protagonist, multitude of...

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 on the Kindle Scout...

The gent on the guitar is absolutely brilliant and the two ladies accompany him quite well. The Temple Bar Pub in Dublin is a longtime fixture of big city...

My latest novel, THE WRITER blasted past the Kindle 1000 ranking mark and has spent the last couple of days bumping up against such giants as Stephen King,Christopher Greyson, and D.M....

The pre-release promotion period has just concluded for THE WRITER and it is now available for purchase to the general public! The novel continues to be very well received by readers....