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Here are some of the awards earned by my four novels. 5 star review from Readers’ Favorite for Why Belize? Neighbors and Too Many Stones. Neighbors also received a 5 star review from IndieReader in 2024 Too Many Stones was given a 5 star rating from IndieReader in 2024, won the Literary Fiction category in…

This “slender novel of epic power” (back cover) is, in my estimation, one of the finest examples of literary fiction recently written. There are six astronauts in an orbiting space station for essentially one 24 hour period. The descriptions of earth as they look out the window along with the internal dialogs each of them…

My novel Too Many Stones won IndieReader’s 2025 Discovery Awards in the LITERARY FICTION CATEGORY. While there are a number of fiction awards, I am thrilled to have my book recognized in the Literary Category since that is my goal as I write, i.e., to produce a literary novel. Here’s the link: https://indiereader.com/2025/05/announcing-the-2025-discovery-awards-winners/?mc_cid=72ab31189a&mc_eid=27caecd08 In addition,…

Reviewed by Maalin Ogaja for Readers’ Favorite May 11, 2025 “Neighbors by Rodney Nelsestuen is a story about the inevitability of change, especially in middle-age, when the physical, emotional, and social landscapes shift. For Peter, Leroy, and Jerry, neighbors in Eagles Pond, the most visible change is the evolving makeup of their community, with more…

Over the past year I have been ‘chewing’ on Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I finished it on April 4, 2025, a major accomplishment and a long term goal to conquer this more than 500,000 word work. Much to say about it, but for now, I found interesting what Tolstoy himself had to say about the…