A New Home
May 29, 2022
We had considered returning to Dorset. Always in the back of our minds, though, was the old line: “You can never go back.” So we thought it was best to try somewhere new. … More A New Home
Month: May 2022
Agatha’s Place
May 23, 2022
On Saturday we visited crime/mystery writer Agatha Christie’s (1890-1976) River Dart house in Greenway, Devon, not far from the port town of Dartmouth. … More Agatha’s Place
Fear Of History
May 20, 2022
The anti-“Critical race theory” carryings on is more proof too many whites in particular wish not to discuss and even to dismiss a past that was often undeniably savage and morally indefensible – and yet many even living in that past, such as Thomas Jefferson, at the time themselves knew what they were living was both. … More Fear Of History
Unexpected Outreach
May 17, 2022
I do NOT as a rule now read my own reviews or cite them. I leave it to readers perhaps to “debate” my novels as they so choose “among themselves” – because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
However, when a reader reaches out to me directly, that is a different story… … More Unexpected Outreach
”The World Of Writing”
May 13, 2022
As I continue to recover from our return flight here to England on Tuesday into Wednesday, I thought I’d have some fun and have a scroll for the first time in several months at what some of them are talking about… … More ”The World Of Writing”
Glimpses Of The Past Country… In The Present Day
May 10, 2022
There is no such thing as especially a woman being ”over-educated” and only an obnoxious and “under-educated” man in 2022 would say that there is. … More Glimpses Of The Past Country… In The Present Day
“The Nation’s history and traditions”
May 6, 2022
This is in reply really of course to your email ranting about the Supreme Court leak. You want my initial reaction? Okay. … More “The Nation’s history and traditions”
“A girl came in the cafĂ©…”
May 2, 2022
“A girl came in the cafĂ©…” Seeing that early bit of the book again, I recalled too once more how I have come to discover this is one of the funnier things about being a fiction writer: … More “A girl came in the cafĂ©…”
R. J. Nello 