A Habit of Mind

Looks, charm, stylish job shooting TV news . . . Doug Pepper’s only goal is his next conquest at the local pick-up bar. It takes tragedy and a cross-country odyssey for Doug to break through a habit of mind—classic self-absorption—and learn to love. The lady in Doug’s life also learns life’s hard lessons in a shared moment of truth that binds the pair together forever.

Jim Newman of Portland, OR Jim Newman is a writer, voice actor, and painter with a decades-long career as a journalist. He’s a hiker who spent many of his defining years on the Midwestern prairie and now frequently visits the mountain regions of the Pacific Northwest. Follow Jim and the book on Twitter using #AHabitofMind.