My New Book

Book signing at Fallon’s Bar and Grill 9200 Olive Blvd. 63132

Save the date. Saturday, June 24, 2023. from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

We are having a book signing to launch Deidra’s Last Dance, our sixth novel in the Nick Caldwell private investigator series by Wm. Sharpe. You can purchase books at the signing or in advance from Amazon.com.

Meet the author. Q & A. Drawings for gift certificates and prizes. Fun.

Finally!!!

1.5.2021

Today my editor, business partner, and friend strongly suggested, after several semi-threatening emails from our host that I stop procrastinating and delete the almost 2900 comments from our page.

I did…20 at a time. I have lost the use of my right hand and my eyesight is rapidly going.

I feel I am a better person for doing this. Now that I have finished this task, I am sure that I will be welcomed back to the virtual lunch table with my colleagues. While I was doing this I wore a mask and I made my computer wear a mask which made part of the screen difficult to see, despite this I continued on.

Now, I can go back to promoting my last two books Dead Crowe and A Christmas Project, both available on Amazon in print and on Kindle.

I will also continue writing on our next book, about a secret society of K-9s that protect us all from EVIL.

We are also producing new podcasts at BearhounD7 Productions in association with the Something Different Network.

Novel Approach is hosted by James Sodon where I serve as his loyal sidekick on this show where we talk about writing. We talk about the creative writing process, writing for film. We also discuss books, film ad television from the viewpoint of the writer.

Jim Sodon, Lou Conrad and I also co-host UncommonSenseRadio3.0, the Podcast, an irreverent look at our culture, politics, the media and “stuff.”

We also have several new podcasts that we hope to launch in 2021.

All of us at BearhounD7 Productions and the Something Different Network

Wish you a Happy New Year and hope you are safe and well

Wm. Sharpe

Wm. Sharpe on Nick Caldwell

By Wm. Sharpe

Since Uncle Joe Is Dead came out, I have had the opportunity to talk to some friends who are also in arts or creative fields about the first two books. I am going to share some of those conversations.

One of the topics that comes up is Nick Caldwell as protagonist. I was asked recently, “What about this guy, is he a good guy or a bad guy?”

I think Nick is generally a good guy. but there is no doubt that he has a dark side. Nick is a guy that has suffered a tragedy; he has lost the most important person in his life, his child. This event changed him profoundly. Prior to the loss he was a “Boy Scout”; afterward he has become angry and bitter. Who he is angry at is simply everyone, starting with God and moving on through anyone who he believes is doing wrong. Nick has a code. In the second book, Justice Delayed, he helped the MacCarty family clear their brother’s name, and in the third book, Uncle Joe Is Dead, he helped a not-so-nice man get justice for the man’s very nice uncle. Nick likes to balance scales, help the underdogs and forgotten in the world, well at least in Chicago and the Midwest. Continue reading “Wm. Sharpe on Nick Caldwell”

Just a Note about Uncle Joe

My third novel, Uncle Joe Is Dead, was released November 16. You can get either a hard copy or e-book through Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Kindle.

My editor, the scholar and gentleman, James R. Sodon has urged me to write a few words about the book. I thought I was done when I wrote the two-hundred plus pages that are in the book. I guess I am supposed to tell you the inside story about Uncle Joe Is Dead and about writing the book.

The title of the book was the message I received from one of my good friends when his great uncle Joe died. I remembered it because I thought Uncle Joe would go on forever. His uncle was a good and generous guy who some would have called a hoarder, but I would call a collector of over stocked merchandise. Since I too am a collector of stuff that others discard and from second-hand stores, I understood Uncle Joe’s interest. I like to think of us as pioneers in reuse technology or, if you prefer, dumpster divers work too. Continue reading “Just a Note about Uncle Joe”

My second novel was just published

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Death by Lethal Affection and Justice Delayed are both now available from Amazon.com and can be ordered from other book sellers. Justice Delayed was published in both print and Kindle versions November 21st.  It completes the MacCarty family story and is the first book in the Nick Caldwell detective series.

After you have read each book it would be helpful if you would write a review on amazon.com. It wouldn’t have to be long, and you don’t have to sign it if you would prefer not to.

For an overview of some of my other work, see my BearhounD7 site.

Write a Review and News About the New Books Coming Out

Hi, for those of you that have been kind enough to read Death by Lethal Affection would you please write a review on Amazon? I think you can just use your initials. If you know anyone else that has read it could you ask them to write one too? This would help us a great deal.
 
The next book, which is a conclusion of the first book’s story, we hope will be out by late October, early November. It is called Justice Delayed and it is being edited. This second book is also the first book featuring Chicago detective, Nick Caldwell.
 
I have just started the third book and the working title is Uncle Joe is Dead. It will be the first stand alone, Nick Caldwell detective story.
 
Thanks,
Bill a.k.a. Wm. SharpeFront cover

A BearhounD Thanksgiving 1995

Bill Sharpe Explains the Origin of the BearhounD Stories

Author’s Note:

This was the first BearhounD story I wrote down. It was not the first BearhounD story that I told my four-year old daughter and her four-year old friends. The whole BearhounD story started one summer afternoon when I was working in the yard. Sondra had two friends over and they decided that they would “help” me.

Starbuck

Starbuck, the family dog, was never very far from Sondra and if she wasn’t available, he would settle for me. For the record Starbuck was not named after the premium priced coffee company in Seattle. Starbuck was named for a fictional character from the play and film The Rainmaker; the film starred Burt Lancaster. Starbuck was named in 1986, a good six years before you could get a latte from the coffee company in Seattle. Continue reading “A BearhounD Thanksgiving 1995”

Where the Hell is your Damn Book? Or All the Stuff We Didn’t Know About Publishing

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It’s here. It was published July 7 in both print and Kindle formats. Available at amazon.com and through other book stores.

IMG_3543-001Where the Hell is your Damn Book?

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All the Stuff We Didn’t Know About Publishing

Over the last month I have received several queries about the release of Death by Lethal Affection. Continue reading “Where the Hell is your Damn Book? Or All the Stuff We Didn’t Know About Publishing”

Authors on LUTV

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April 15, 2016

This morning I hosted two IMPART programs for LUTV at Lindenwood University’s educational station. IMPART is a program that explores media, communications and public affairs. It can be seen on Charter Communications and U-verse in the St. Louis area. Out side of St. Louis you can watch it at http://www.lindenwood.edu/lutv/

I had the opportunity to talk with Don and Dianna Graveman, authors of Legendary Locals of St. Charles and Chris DiGiuseppi co-author of The Light Bringer Trilogy.

The Graveman’s book traces the history of St. Charles, Missouri by tracing the lives of those who pioneered the community and those who make it a vibrant and successful community today. The Gravemans have also written historical books on other communities in Missouri.

They are very nice people who write historical books that go beyond the traditional stories and introduce you to interesting and facinating people and stories whose importance might have been overlooked if not for Don and Dianna Graveman.

Chris DiGiuseppi and his co-author Mike Force have impressive careers in law enforcement and have written a different kind of crime story. In their three books, The Light Bringer, The Fallen and the last and most recent story, The Risen. Chris and Mike take you on a “police ride along,” that will take you places you would never expect to go. A crime story rooted in the real world with a good measure of the supernatural, a good mix.

All of these books are available on Amazon.

And as soon as we get it in gear to get the cover photo completed, we hope Death By Lethal Affection will be available soon, as well.

Wm. Sharpe