Don’t think we did not joke about this back then ourselves: Living as I did then in a New York City suburb, I recall my “friends” and I even then laughing about the absurd size of the characters’ Manhattan apartments… … More Recalling Old “Friends”
On that note also, I am shocked. This was almost a serious and professional interview… … More A Psychiatrist’s Project (Or Just Another Author)
When I pick up a book I want to be able to have a quick way to find out what it is about. … More “What the book is about”
Look, I know it’s not perfect. Wow, are you a pain in the you know what. I wrote it in three days, for goodness sake. … More Those 2,500 Words
Marshall really liked Jane Austen’s books… … More Story Leaves Out Austen
We (meaning all of us) simply need a new word for those who in the third-person singular assert to be neither “he” nor “she.” … More Not “They/Them”
I have written, again, yet something else I believe I “know about.” I say I “know about” it because essentially it happened to me here in London about fifteen years ago. … More London, Fifteen Years Ago
That is – to me – the sort of writing that makes for historical romantic fiction. The fictional characters must inhabit recognizable history, and in doing so help us to better understand the history… while we are being entertained and without feeling like we are in school. … More A Facade Of The Past
Fed up. Done. Gone. … More That Most “Unsocial” Of Socials
R. J. Nello 