No Greater Love

Posted on December 20, 2013 by DiFreeze

Robert J. Smith recently released his second book, “No Greater Love,” through Freeze Time Media.

In 1899 two young boys, James Peterson and Eddie Carter, are involved in an incident when they accidentally set Eddie’s house on fire. Hesitant to take responsibility, the boys shift the blame to an unsuspecting black man, Jesse, who has had an argument with Eddie’s father. Inflamed by the boys’ account of the fire, Eddie’s father enlists four brothers to help him run down the black man and lynch him. Aided by his friends, Jesse takes refuge in a nearby swamp until the truth is found out. The brothers follow Jessie into the swamp. Hidden and unhidden danger awaits everyone who wanders into the swamp. The chase rushes to a deadly conclusion as Jesse tries to elude Carter and the unsavory characters he’s hired to catch him.

Visit Robert J. Smith’s Author Page to learn more about him.

Passion for Flight Vol. 3: In the Cockpit with Cliff Robertson

Posted on September 29, 2013 by DiFreeze

Robertson iBooks Cover In the Cockpit with Cliff Robertson, is now available in print and as an ebook. The book is the third volume in Passion for Flight, a series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies.

Cliff Robertson appeared in more than one hundred roles in his career as an actor, including a young John F. Kennedy in “PT 109,” his Academy Award winning performance in “Charly,” and most recently, Uncle Ben in “Spider-Man.”

But Cliff always felt more comfortable in a plane than in Hollywood. His fascination for aviation began as a child. He accrued several thousand hours in the cockpit and held single-engine land and sea, multi-engine, instrument and commercial licenses, as well as balloon, gliding and seaplane ratings. Over his lifetime he owned a variety of planes, including a Beech Baron 58, Messerschmitt Me 108, Stampe SV4, three Tiger Moths and a Spitfire Mk.IX.

His aviation accomplishments included helping launch the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program in 1992 and serving as its first national honorary chairman.

In the Cockpit with Cliff Robertson is available in Black & White and Color print versions through Amazon. Electronic versions are available through Gumroad, Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble and the iBookstore.

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Chapter and Verse

Posted on August 7, 2013 by DiFreeze

Freeze Time Media recently released “Chapter and Verse,” a gritty murder mystery by newcomer Frank Hamilton. The book is available through Amazon in print and as a Kindle book.

It appears the Gospel Killer has returned from his sabbatical. A year and a half after the last victim was found, the dead bodies and pattern have begun anew. Every twenty-seven days a man is murdered. Each victim shares a Biblical name from the Gospels of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. Additionally, each of the dead men is found nude, each has recently ejaculated, and the killer has used a serrated edged knife each time.

The Gospel Killer leaves his calling card, a King James version of the Bible, near each dead body. With Dallas police and the FBI both unable to stop the deaths, a wealthy and seductive widow of one of the Gospel Killer’s most recent victims hires private investigator Mark Witt to join in the search for the elusive serial killer.

Witt, an ex-cop and former seminary student, knows all too well of the ugliness that can occur in life. He knows the secrets that death can hold and he understands how killers cling to the shadows. What Mark doesn’t understand, though, is that the Gospel Killer knows of secrets too. When the Gospel Killer learns about a past mistake long held secret by Mark, it threatens the investigator’s entire life. In order to protect his family, and to keep his own secret locked in the shadows, Mark must now provide assistance to the Gospel Killer.

This is an untenable situation and one that both sides know will almost surely end in death…but whose?

Visit Frank Hamilton’s Author Page to learn more about him.

The Left Side of Reality

Posted on April 15, 2013 by DiFreeze

Freeze Time Media recently released The Left Side of Reality, a haunting romance by newcomer Robert J. Smith. The book is available through Amazon in print and as an e-book.

In the late nineteenth century, a strange and unique experience happened to a young French farmer. Witnessed by both the farmer’s wife and a local French physician, the strange occurrence remained a mystery throughout both their lives. Nearly a hundred years later, a newly graduated doctor of psychology discovered the physician’s documentation of the bizarre event in some old papers that had been preserved over the years. Unbeknownst to the psychologist, the event was about to repeat itself in the life of a similarly young American.

Steve Pearce is a mildly successful accountant with a beautiful wife, great son, and everything to live for. Suddenly, his life is torn apart in the same way the French farmer’s had been nearly a hundred years before. How will he recapture the life he’s lost? Where are his wife and son? Who is this strange woman who claims to be his wife and is this young child he doesn’t remember really his daughter?

It seems Steve has a myriad of questions and no answers. Somewhere out there is the life he lost. How will he recover it? Will he recover it or is this his life now?

Visit Robert J. Smith’s Author Page to learn more about him.

Passion for Flight Vol. 2: In the Cockpit with Bob Hoover

Posted on March 13, 2013 by DiFreeze

In the Cockpit with Bob Hoover, previously released as an ebook, is now available in print. The book is the second volume in Passion for Flight, a series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies.

Bob Hoover was shot down on Feb. 9, 1944, and spent 15 years as a prisoner of war. He was later assigned to Wright Field as a test pilot and served as Chuck Yeager’s backup pilot for the X-1 program. He left the military in 1948, joined General Motor’s Allison Division as a test pilot, and later tested and demonstrated airplanes for North American Aviation/Rockwell International.

He flew popular aerobatic demonstrations in airplanes including a Shrike Commander 500S and well-known P-51. In more than 50 years of flying, the legendary air show pilot performed aerobatics in more airplane types, events and countries, and before more people, than anyone in the history of aviation.

The first book in the series, In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager, and In the Cockpit with Bob Hoover are presently available through Amazon and on Gen. Yeager’s website, in the Right Stuff Store.

It is the mission of Freeze Time Media to make this book and future books in the Passion for Flight series available to organizations, libraries and schools, to further interest in aviation. Please use the contact form to inquire about wholesale prices and donations for this purpose.

There are presently ten ebooks available in the series, at Amazon and BN.com. Those books will be available in print over the next few months. The series will eventually include more than fifty titles.

Di Freeze interviewed many of the world’s best known aviators during nearly a decade as editor in chief of a national aviation publication. Those biographies and others form “Passion for Flight,” a digital and print series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies. Follow the series as it unfolds at Passion for Flight.

Through Freeze Time Media, Di co-wrote and published “From the Ground Up: From the Tractor to the Trailer,” the autobiography of Colorado aviation sales pioneer Talmage E. Miller, available in Kindle form, standard paperback and larger print. She has also edited self-help, fiction and children’s books.

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In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager (Passion for Flight Vol. 1)

Posted on March 1, 2013 by DiFreeze

In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager, previously released as an ebook, is now available in print. The book is the first volume in Passion for Flight, a series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies.

Brig. Gen. Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager was a test pilot and the first person to break the sound barrier, on October 14, 1947. After he was shot down during World War II and evaded capture, he successfully fought a rule that banned shot-down pilots from re-entering combat and eventually became a double ace. In 65 years in military cockpits, he flew at least 340 different makes and models of military airplanes, including the Air Force’s entire inventory during World War II, as well as aircraft from Germany, France, England, Japan, Sweden and Russia.

In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager is presently available through Amazon and on Gen. Yeager’s website in the Right Stuff Store. See a preview of the book here.

From the Ground Up

Posted on July 15, 2012 by DiFreeze

Freeze Time Media recently celebrated the release of “From the Ground Up: From the Tractor to the Sabre,” the autobiography of Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame laureate Talmage E. Miller. Di Freeze co-wrote the book.

Driving an old tractor around the fields on the farm wasn’t too exciting for Talmage E. “Tom/Tal” Miller until one of the National Guard biplanes had a forced landing nearby. He ran to get a closer look at this big bird — too late. They got it fixed and blew dirt in his face when they took off. That instilled a bug in him to learn to fly, which he did one night at Denver Municipal Airport in 1936.

His training was delayed when his father was transferred to Lincoln, Nebraska. WWII came about and he learned to fly in the Enlisted Reserve under the CPT program, where he soloed in 1942. He graduated from the Central Instructors School at Randolph Field and was assigned to Tex Rankin’s Primary Flight Training School. The war was winding down and less demand for pilots closed the flight schools. Tex Rankin helped him get into cadet pilot training at Santa Ana, California. He got his wings in Douglas, Arizona, and was assigned to “bombing through overcast” school flying North American B-25s.

When the war ended, he returned to the farm, but eventually landed an instructor job at Sky Ranch Airport before being hired by Combs Aircraft, a Beechcraft dealer, to sell airplanes. He flew everything from the Bonanza to the King Air 200 turboprop and won many awards for aircraft sales. He later founded his own airplane sales company with Bill Haines, chief pilot for the Dillon Company. They sold many kinds of airplanes, from DC-3s to North American Sabreliner models 40 and 60 in many parts of the world.

He collected many friends and stories along the way. His book describes encounters with Olive Ann Beechcraft, Roscoe Turner, Paul Mantz, Frank Tallman, Elrey Jeppesen and many other well-known names in the aviation industry.

Visit Talmage E. Miller’s Author Page to learn more about him.

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