Support Builds For Overhauling The U.S. Air-Traffic Control System

Concerns about our outdated air traffic control systems figure into "The Gathering Storm," an upcoming title. Here's a recent article on the issue:

"Lawmakers have been trying to reform the Federal Aviation Administration and the country’s air traffic control system since the 1980s. Now, a new move to privatize the United States’ air-traffic control system is gaining momentum among some airlines, unions and lawmakers. But the idea is controversial. While people can agree there’s a problem with the current system, which is outmoded, costly and inefficient, not everyone agrees on a solution.

“The bottom line is that most people now agree that the FAA simply does not have enough money to continue to operate the current system, which is very safe,” Wall Street Journal reporter Andy Pasztor told Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti. A new move to privatize the United States' air-traffic control system is gaining momentum among some airlines, unions and lawmakers.

Source: Support Builds For Overhauling The U.S. Air-Traffic Control System | Here & Now

New Cover for “A Field Guide to Suits Season One”

"A Field Guide to Suits Season One" has been updated with a new cover!

Last week was a quiet week around the Enslen household, so I took the opportunity to put the finishing touches on another project I've been working on for several months--a non-fiction viewer's guide for the first season of "Suits."

I'm a huge fan of the show, and recently started  getting caught up on the latest episodes. I realized that I had missed so much, I needed to go back and catch up from the start. While doing so, I started to notice all the interesting connections between the episodes, well-written dialogue, music choices and call backs to earlier episodes. I thought it might be fun to write a "viewer's guide" for other fans. This book is part of the new Field Guide series from Foxhead Books.

I'll get the title integrated into my website over the next few days. In the meantime, here's the Amazon link. Let me know what you think.

Readers' Favorite Gives Frank Harper Five Stars!

I was honored to learn today that Readers' Favorite, a national book review site, has awarded my book "A Field of Red" with Five Stars and a glowing review! Readers' Favorite is the recipient of the "Honoring Excellence" and "Best Websites for Authors" awards by the Association of Independent Authors, and BBB Accredited with an A+ rating. Here's the full review:

"A Field of Red is a compelling mystery featuring a world-weary former police detective drawn into an investigation of the disappearance of two young girls in a small town in Ohio. The protagonist, Frank Harper, is well-drawn: crusty, disillusioned, and haunted by his past. Author Greg Enslen presents a fairly stereotypical lead, but sprinkles in enough interesting details to stop Frank from becoming an outright cliché. Frank isn’t immediately likable (chemical dependence, a standoff attitude, unclear motives), but he grew on me as the book progressed.

Far more interesting were the secondary characters, most of whom didn’t rely on genre tropes for their effectiveness. Without spoiling the plot, suffice it to say that those responsible for the disappearance of the little girls are unique and well done. I actually enjoyed those points of view more so than Frank’s. In terms of plot, Enslen did almost everything right. The misdirection is subtle, never ham-fisted, and kept me guessing until about two thirds of the way through the book (I normally peg the “doer” by halfway, sometimes even sooner). Enslen uses some interesting storytelling methods to prevent things from becoming either too opaque or impossible to follow. This is both a “whodunit” and a “whydunit” and both threads drive the story forward.

The depictions of small town Ohio are vivid, accurate, and interesting. Having grown up in a small Midwestern town myself, I can verify that Enslen handles those aspects of the story with aplomb. Mysteries must always be about place as much as the characters, and Enslen gets that; he’s an innate storyteller with terrific instincts. A Field of Red kept me turning pages the whole way, and never failed to entertain. If you enjoy a good mystery that really delves into the psychology of the characters and the ethos of place, you’ll love A Field of Red."