The great Greek-Persian philosopher Demothechakakhan (known as Chaka to his buds) once said that a person could write on a cartload of papyrus and still not say shite. (Bear with me, I’ve been watching Scottish TV lately.) He didn’t say those exact words, but the sentiment is accurate. Chaka’s idea is valid, and he would […]
I’m taking my younger daughter to my alma mater for homecoming this weekend. I have an aerial view of the motel where we’ll stay. I know if I drive the speed limit, we’ll arrive there six hours and five minutes from the time we leave home. I know the structure is less than five years old. […]
Parts of the movie 50 to 1 are being filmed at Churchill Downs. The film is about Mine That Bird, which won the 2009 Kentucky Derby as a long shot. I thought the film could use my help, so I signed on as an extra. This is the story of my day, most of it […]
As I watched the jittery heifer pace along the makeshift barbed wire fence, something from my past warned me the situation was about to go to hell in a hand basket. I should have seen it coming. As a kid, I got a crack at Granddad’s prized herd before he sold the rest at auction. […]
The following needs no introduction, but I’ve written up a short list of things I try to avoid when writing anything other than a grocery list. I don’t want to write that something needs no introduction and then introduce it. I’d like to be an emcee who says “this next guest needs no introduction,” and […]
A review from Susan at the My Cozie Corner Book Blog… “The Night Budda Got In It” is a well written story with tons of excitement involving drug dealers and runaways. Ron pens his characters believable and with humor. I was totally engrossed in the story from the beginning right to the end. A must […]
An excerpt of an interview on The Avid Reader blog… The Avid Reader: If you could travel back in time here on earth to any place or time. Where would you go and why? Ron D Smith: I would like to go back and hang out with Abe Lincoln in the White House, but there’s […]
Habeas Equus a short story I’d previously thought dead weight meant lazy, because Dad had hung the words on Fossie when he forgot to trim the weeds around the elm stump out by the road. I learned better that day in the barn when the three of us couldn’t budge the dead mare from the […]
“This is a book that will allow you to experience life from another person’s shoes and live their victories and losses. It hooked me in and made me think as well.” See the rest of the review and spotlight on The Night Budda Got Deep in It.
“I enjoyed this story very much a lot. (Yes , I know that’s a double quantifier :p ) I like to read YA stories and this one looked intriguingly different than the paranormal young adult stories I normally gravitate towards. How a book with drug dealers, ghosts (?), violence, a teen runaway protagonist (very likable) […]
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