by Jeffrey
on May 17, 2013
in Americana, Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley
In Ice Cream Headache, Billy stops in at the Supreme Dairy Bar for a milkshake. While the owner of the dairy bar, Ray, is making the milkshake, Ray thinks back to when he was a child and went to the soda fountain at Adkins’ Drug Store with his father and sister for malts and ice [...]
by Jeffrey
on May 16, 2013
in Americana, Illinois Valley, Movies
Summer is just around the corner and Hollywood over over the years has released some memorable movies. Perhaps you have seen some of these films before; perhaps you haven’t. Many there are some on this list that you don’t agree with you; others that you think should be on this list. (Although Star Wars opened [...]
by Jeffrey
on May 11, 2013
in Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley, Novels, Oglesby
Although there might be some truth to the claim that you can’t go home again, I most certainly did when I wrote Ice Cream Headache. And it’s only fitting, given the number of years that I have lived overseas, that I “return” home a lot in my stories, especially when I am waxing nostalgic about [...]
by Jeffrey
on May 7, 2013
in Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley
There are book reviews and then there are book reviews! This latest one left at Amazon for Ice Cream Headache, definitely rocks! Jeffrey Miller is an instinctive navigator of the human heart. His ability to draw universal thoughts and emotions from commonplace characters in simple settings is reminiscent of Stephen King in Hearts in Atlantis. [...]
by Jeffrey
on April 23, 2013
in Americana, Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley, Oglesby
You know, I had such a wonderful time writing Ice Cream Headache that I thought I would head on back to the Oglesby in the 1960s and see what else was back there to write about. My book in progress was originally a flash fiction piece I wrote back in 2010 while I was writing [...]
by Jeffrey
on April 21, 2013
in 1960s, Americana, Illinois Valley
It started with Invaders from Mars and Other Tales of Youthful Angst, followed by Ice Cream Headache, When a Hard Rain Falls (due out later this year) and now for my latest book in progress, Going Long, I am traveling once again back in time, back to the 1960s and back to Oglesby and the [...]
by Jeffrey
on March 29, 2013
in Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley
Why did you write Ice Cream Headache? That’s what someone asked me today who bought my book. Because I wanted to go back home, back home to the memories which I have nurtured and cherished all these years. Memories like an old friend you’ve not seen for a long time but remember exactly everything the [...]
by Jeffrey
on March 13, 2013
in Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley, War Remains
I like what HyVee does: allowing local authors to sell one’s bo0ks at their stores. And now, people can buy Ice Cream Headache and War Remains, A Korean War Novel at the HyVee store in Peru, Illinois. A few of my friends back in the Illinois Valley, including my best friend, Chris Vasquez, told me [...]
by Jeffrey
on March 5, 2013
in Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley
Whether you read it on your Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPhone, Android, Galaxy Tab…Ice Cream Headache looks good in any format on any tablet or phone. The only way to find out is to try it out for size on the device or gadget which has made your life easier. Kindle Nook Apple Kobo I [...]
by Jeffrey
on January 21, 2013
in 1960s, Ice Cream Headache, Invaders from Mars, Waking up in the Land of the Morning Calm, War Remains
I’m a student and a teacher of history and when it comes to writing both become quite evident in what I write. My first novel, War Remains, A Korean War Novel took me back to the opening months of the Korean War, the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, Kunu-ri, and the battle at Hoengseong. My [...]
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