A shy, lonely computer genius tries to find love in the digital age. He would never be the same! The story of Pygmalion for the 21st century! Computer genius Dr. Carl Wingate has spent his life programming software and shaping the digital world. A widower in his 50s, Carl tries to find love again but
Latest review of For Love of Daniel For Love of Daniel by John Isaac Jones (Goodreads Author) 5 Stars ***** Tam’s review Sep 24, 2018 An amazing story… This poignant, charming novella warmed my heart more than anything has in a LONG time. It had a distinctly fairytale-ish feeling to it and made me smile
By Tammy Windsor 5 Golden Stars!!!! Format: Kindle Edition In my literary book, Jones can write no wrong! And, this book just proves that fact to me, once again. In Tembo Makaburi, Jones brings you along on a greedy man’s quest for riches and glory as he relentlessly pursues a dying, bull elephant, and his
“I like talking to you, Granddaddy,” the child said. “I like talking to you, too, little boy,” the grandfather said. Suddenly, the child burst into tears and ran to his grandparent. “Oh, Granddaddy,” the child sobbed, leaping into his grandfather’s arms. “I love you! I love you! I love you!” For a full ten seconds,
The Last Cowboy now available on audio!! When the Lazy B Ranch is sold as a victim of the computer age, it seems that J.L. Crockett’s way of life as a cowboy in the United States is finished. So he decides to pack up and move to Argentina, where ranches are still run by human
Tembo Makaburi Now Available on Audio Tembo Makaburi, the Swahili term for “elephant cemetery”, is the stuff of which dreams were made for ivory hunters. Come along on the story of a greedy man’s quest for riches and glory as he relentlessly pursues an aging bull elephant and his valuable ivory tusks across the arid heat of
The Writing Life: Part I Where do you get ideas? Funny how people always seem to ask me that. And it’s a fair question. I can remember, as a young writer, asking that question myself. First, ideas are everywhere, but you must exercise caution in choosing them. You might get an idea from some an experience,
“Follow love and it will flee; flee love and it will follow thee.” (Old Southern saying) When Alma Dawson, a middle-aged, hard-working single mother, sets out to get the tuition money for her daughter’s last year of college, she never dreamed her entire world would be turned upside down. A poignant, inspiring story, this novelette is a
The Old Men now available as Audiobook For years, the old men had been hanging around the country grocery store whiling away their days playing checkers and dominoes and talking about politics, women, drinking and life experiences. All that time, the store owner readily approved their presence in the store and went on about his business
An African-American man is caught between his own demons and those of 1950s American society in this historical novel. Jones (Tembo Makaburi, 2017, etc.) tells the story of 24-year-old Bobby Lincoln, who lives in the coastal town of Palm Harbor in 1955 Florida. With few jobs and no education available to him, he ekes out
