I write non-fiction books on a range of subjects. My goal is to write the most comprehensive book on the subject, a book that is well-researched and present readers with accurate and reliable information in a readable narrative. My writing hero is Erik Larson.
My Business
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This is a deeply satisfying book—analytically relentless, nonpartisan, and appropriately curious about the opinions of the scientific and political elite as well as those of everyday Americans. — Kirkus Reviews
Five Stars.
The book is powerful in its detailed analysis of decision-making... at both the local and national levels — Carol Thompson for Readers’ Favorite
Five Stars.
... how the virus works, how it is spread, the symptoms, the body’s reaction, and early attempts at treatment. The research is meticulous, ... supported by relevant photographs, maps, graphs, tables, and charts. — Leonard Smuts
Five Stars.
I had never considered how a local Heatlh Board and local officials coped with conflicting advice from both sides would resemble a low-key war. The author states the case clearly from several points of view and presents a fair narrative — Lucinda E Clark for Readers’ Favorite
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Hazel’s Great Adventure is the story of how a Jack Russell
Terrier grieved for people who had raised her, feared being
alone, and recovered.
Hazel’s story is one of grief, compassion, separation anxiety, and learning to trust the world again, realizing that her anchor is who she is. Hazel tells her story, strictly from her point of view, with her limited understanding of the “things” people use, while blessed with a vast and informative world of scents. Since Hazel cannot talk or write, James R. Olsen, “The Man With Whom I Hunt,” has undertaken to translate for Hazel.
This is her story — a story told in canine poetic prose.
Middle Grade to Adult
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A meticulously researched narrative in everyday language shows how to use the I Ching and get the most out of The Book of Changes, no matter your viewpoint.
Shows how divination with the I Ching is merely an extension of your everyday experience, allowing you to tap deeper into your subconscious to bring forth what it already knows using the I Ching.
Key phrases explained.
Answers the questions, What is Yin-Yang and the Dao? How did Confucius get his words in the I Ching. How does Chi relate to Yin-Yang?
COMPLETE, COMING SOON
Pandemic Series
Book II. VAX WARS
Book III How to do Pandemics Better
PROJECTS PLANNED
Effective Nonviolent Community
Activism
This is where I put what I learned being a community grassroots activist in Western Montana in a book. It is based on may experiences and classes I have given on occasion. It includes case studies from real campaigns, many local, a couple having national impact on issues such as the forests and wildlands, the response to domestic and child abuse, community based mental health crisis intervention. biosafety, highways, and subdivisions.
PEARL HARBOR Project
Our mother was there, a senior in high school. Collaborative research with Val Anderson for a series of books
PUBLISHED — by Valerie J. Anderson
COMING in awhile by James R. Olsen
Minute by minute account from both sides
What were they thinking? The American pilot, the Japanese aviator, the civilian
on the ground, the sailor on the ship, the intelligence officer, the FBI man, the
Japanese American drawn into the same story — drawn from authentic accounts
Why They Flew - Non Fiction
Mister Zero Eyes - Alternative History
What happens a grounded Japanese aviator has a good idea? Midway will never be the same.
Mister Zero Eyes - Fiction, Alternative History
