Moving Sites!

As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, I’ve created a new blog site! It’s right here, you can check it out and give me a follow there to keep up with my projects, specifically my upcoming ‘Ethan Chase’ series. Some of you have already made the switch, and I hope to see more of you …

I Signed a Book Deal!

I’ve been sitting in this news for a few weeks now, but today I can finally announce that I’ve signed a 3-book deal with Evolved Publishing! I submitted my Ethan Chase treasure Hunter series to them and they want to be in business 😁 Interestingly enough (or perhaps not), this is the same publisher to …

New Blog Site!

I haven’t made any new posts here recently, and for a variety of reasons. But one of which is that I set up a new professional blog! Check it out here and give me a follow! This new blog will be less about my His Name Was Zach Books specifically and more about my brand …

Personal Update: The Cost of Living

On a typical day, I very much enjoy being a homeowner. Rent becomes a mortgage payment, I have a yard the kids can play in, and I don’t need to worry about people above me getting rowdy. But inevitably things break, and then there’s no maintenance staff like in my old apartment building who will …

Review: ‘The Return of the King’

Yes, it’s finally time to review the third and final installment of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy! I keep saying it in each of the previous parts of this review series, but there’s really almost nothing bad about these movies. I’ll take it one step further: there is almost nothing about …

Review: ‘The Two Towers’

Welcome to the second part of my review of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy! As I mentioned in Part 1, these reviews are specifically about the films, not the books. So please don’t be upset if I talk about something that’s not in the books or neglect something that is in the …

Happy 200th Birthday – Ulysses S. Grant

On this day 200 years ago, one of America’s greatest heroes was born in a cabin in Ohio: Ulysses S. Grant. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, then you know that Grant is one of my favorite Americans in its history. He’s on my personal Mount Rushmore, along with George Washington, Lewis …

“The Last Kingdom”: Review

After a hiatus from this show, due mostly to uncertainty about whether I even wanted to finish it, I finally watched the final season of The Last Kingdom on Netflix. Based on the books by Bernard Cornwell, the show is a historical fiction that follows Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg through the reigns of King Alfred …

Weekend Update

It’s been a pretty crazy week here, one for the family record books! For one thing, we all came down with Covid. Yes, after two years it finally got us. The kids are both fine, showing almost no symptoms, and I’ve only dealt with a slight cough and congestion. The wife got it the worst, …

Review: The Fellowship of the Ring

Two things have inspired this new series of blog posts: one was fellow blogger and author Berthold Gambrel’s series of reviews of 90’s action movies, and the other was a post on Twitter asking users to name four movies that they find to be flawless masterpieces. And so, I intend to do a review of …