Historical adventure novel A Thin Porridge, by Benjamin J. Gohs, is now available as an audiobook on Audible.com and will soon be released on iTunes and Amazon.com. To find the only kin she has left, protect the abolition movement—and survive—Abeona Browne must endure treacherous ocean voyages, outrun wild beasts, and elude bounty hunters in a … Continue reading Histfic novel ‘A Thin Porridge’ now available on audiobook

Today is the final day of The Coffee Pot Book Club book blog tour for historical adventure novel A Thin Porridge. Our host is sylv.net To find the only kin she has left, protect the abolition movement—and survive—Abeona Browne must endure treacherous ocean voyages, outrun wild beasts, and elude bounty hunters in a frantic 1860 … Continue reading Last stop on the book tour

Day nine of the book blog tour for A Thin porridge lands us at The Books Delight book review. I can't thank Jeanie enough for her thoughts. I know how busy we all are and so it really means a lot to me when someone takes the time to read a book—especially one of this … Continue reading Delighted with The Books Delight

When I'm not editing press releases or laying out pages in InDesign for my day job, or writing and revising novels, I can be found reading about, shopping for, taking photos of, and sharing my love of pencils. Check out my essay on being a graphite groupie here: Bring me bouquets of newly sharpened pencils … Continue reading Ben’s pencil obsession

As day seven dawns on the book blog tour for A Thin Porridge, I'm pretty dang excited to have an interview featured at Loup Dargent. There I talk about what inspired me to write a historical fiction novel, challenges faced, and a bit about how I crafted the book that took me nearly six years … Continue reading Talking ‘A Thin Porridge’ at Loup Dargent