Welcome to A Good Place the new novel by Curt Iles

A Good Place Readers: How you can help. Part of the joy of writing is working with friends and readers to improve our stories. I need your help on the name of one character. Curt Iles’ new novel, A Good Place, follows the story of Joe and Eliza Moore. Moving ahead ten years from their story in The Wayfaring Stranger, the new novel tells of the Moore family’s challenges during the...

News on A Good Place, Curt’s new novel and the sequel to The Wayfaring Stranger. Today is the grand opening of our A Good Place blog. Click on http://agoodplaceiles.blogspot.comto read Chapter 1, give input on a character name and background for Chapters 24 and 25. You’ll also find information concerning the publication date and timeline of this coming novel. We’re excited...

“L.T.W.B.T.U.F.I.” Leave this world better than you found it! It’s a good motto to live by. Whatever we touch. Wherever we go, we ought to leave it better. I’ve always loved camping and hiking. Part of the joy is in setting up camp along a bubbling mountainside creek or under the tall pines of the forest. In breaking camp, I always like to inspect the place and think of...

More sketches Top left If an African’s hands are dirty, wet, or they’ve been ill, they’ll extend their wrist to shake. Middle left: Everything can be carried on an African head. The old sewing machine was my favorite. Middle right: Every move of a “Mzungo” (white man) is followed closely. Even a trip to the outhouse draws a crowd or children, who will faithfully...

A word for today. I’m working on the six words that drive my life. I encourage you to write down your own list. Why six? Because five is not enough, and seven seems too many. Seriously, your list of words can be short or long. I’ve already covered Compassion/Passion (I’m cheating and using them as one word.) We also talked about Integrity. My third word is Resolve. It means...