Thom Ring

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards have been announced for 2025, and Nathan's Journal
was chosen as the best of novel of the year among those under 70,000 words. This is considered
the largest and most prestigious international awards-program in…

Please ignore the post below. Teslas are not made solely with parts sourced in the U.S. I had read that somewhere, which these days means absolutely nothing.

Was looking at Matchbox cars and Hot Wheels cars at Family Dollar a…

It's interesting that Teslas are the only cars available today with all American-sourced content.
    What's less interesting, I guess, is the fact that the reason American-built cars have parts
from other countries is more about the American manufacturers' hope for…

I just got my first issue of Hemmings' Motor News. I'd been getting their Classic Car, glossy magazine that highlighted noteworthy classics in color and expansive words. I enjoyed and appreciated reading about how the cars were maintained…

I’ve bashed NASCAR enough, I figure. They must be doing something right. It is admittedly the most popular motorsport in America today.
    Still, in the midst of their effort to stay on the air while it rained on Daytona, postponing…

My current project is a novel about a girl who gets to play goal against boys. I had to make sure that still was legal.
    And yes, legal. I can’t believe what “orders” are being passed in the name of…

So I went to enter my latest novel, Nathan’s Journal, in the 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards competition – again, as I learned upon entering their website. 
    That would have been embarrassing, but I suppose “better twice than…

I dunno, but it seems to me that heads of media companies shouldn’t be guests of politicians getting sworn in to the presidency. You know, objectivity and all that.
    But these folks do beg the question for me of how…

I like watching sports, to state the obvious. These days, though, I don’t really root for anyone. I just like watching sports.
    I’ve always enjoyed watching college football. I might not know any of the players, but that didn’t matter…

When I wrote Nathan’s Journal, I wanted to get to know him and share his experience as a victim of traumatic-brain injury. My focus was on the TBI and Nathan’s story as he struggled to overcome the challenges of…