Five stars for Brambleman from Liza on Goodreads. Here’s an excerpt from her review: “Another excellent story by Mr. Grant. It took me a while to get through it but it was worth it. The cast of characters were vast. It was two books in one. … I might have finished it sooner if I had an actual eReader instead of my phone lol.” What really got to me was a comment she made on her progress report, when she was on page 109, about a quarter of the way through:  “one of those reads where you don’t want to miss a word.” The great reviews and high ratings keep pouring in. Brambleman’s overall rating on Goodreads is 4.44 right now, with the majority of…

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1) Madness awaits homeless writer tricked by dark angel into completing a dead historian’s horrible tale. OR 2) Homeless writer is tricked by avenging angel into completing dead man’s book about horrible crimes.  

My second novel is now listed on the popular website where reviewers go to get free copies of books. No muss, no fuss. If you’re a book reviewer, check it out here. Down-and-out Atlanta writer Charlie Sherman has no idea what madness awaits him when a mysterious stranger convinces him to finish a dead man’s book about a horrific crime that’s gone unpunished for decades. What Charlie inherits is an unwieldy manuscript about the mob-driven expulsion of more than 1,000 blacks from Forsyth County, Georgia in 1912. During the course of his work, Charlie uncovers a terrible secret involving a Forsyth County land grab. Due to its proximity to Atlanta, the stolen farm is now worth $20 million—and a sale is pending.…

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Forsyth County politics is interesting, I’ll say that. I recently got a press release alleging sign stealing, and another one claiming misuse of county information in a campaign. In addition to the ethics complaint alleging illegal campaign mailings that I covered in a previous post, there’s this.  Blame it on an impolitic facebook post. WSB-TV has the report on the termination of Deputy Rodney Pirkle, who claims that his facebook post stating that he was supporting incumbent sheriff Ted Paxton’s opponent, Duane Piper, cost him his job.  

(Note: The ethically challenged Forsyth County legislator depicted in Brambleman is not based on any real person, living or dead. But it could happen. Just sayin.) It looks like Forsyth County’s financially troubled state senator, Jack Murphy, is getting some extracurricular (and ethically questionable) help in his attempt to fend off challenger Steve Voshall in the July 31 primary. Murphy, along with several other incumbents, has benefitted from mailings put out by a shadowy group called  “Georgia Republican Senate Caucus Promotion PAC.” According to Georgia political website Peach Pundit, “This ‘PAC’ is not actually a political action committee at all, but in fact has registered as a independent political committee. This has a specific meaning as an IPC has transparency requirements for income and…

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UPDATE:  Ammons originally planned to step down on Oct 11. Now the resignation is immediate. Read more. From the Associated Press: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The president of Florida A&M University submitted his resignation Wednesday, the same day the university was sued by parents of a drum major who died during a hazing. It was unclear if the two events were related. James Ammons announced the resignation, which takes effect Oct. 11, in a letter to the chairman of the university’s governing board. He said his decision came after “considerable thought, introspection and conversations with my family.” The parents of Robert Champion, the drum major who was killed, applauded the move, calling it part of a necessary “house cleaning” at the university. Read…

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