On Page One
Poland will play a part in the story. But I am saying no more here right now. 😉
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When Words Will Not Do
Underneath language differences we are all basically the same. Wordless photography on Instagram can help remind us of that fact.
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From “Self-Isolation”
We flew back here to London on Friday evening. We are now re-acclimating time-zone-wise. However, we cannot go out for 10 days.
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This Winter Of Disarray
What the hell has happened? Many in the country are clearly fearful of innovation, fearful of the future, indeed seemingly fearful of EVERYTHING they do not immediately understand.
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Who “Are” They? (Part II)
As promised at the end of the previous post: several of the historical men… and their fictional influences.
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Who “Are” They?
Real women in history have a major impact on my writing – in fictionalization. For that is the nature of writing fiction: I believe all fictionalization is invariably sourced – even subconsciously – from real people a writer has, in some way, shape, or form, bumped into somewhere in life.
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The (Endlessly Evolving) American
We have always had trouble defining with precision what makes an American; but that is actually not a bad thing because that creates a flexibility about boundaries and allows the identity more easily to evolve.
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Hurdles Of Pandemic Travel
Hello! I know I have been quiet this past week. Let me explain: We are in New York, in the Catskills, at our house here, and have just completed a “mini-quarantine” under New York anti-Covid guidelines for arriving travelers.
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Words Written
I do not expect, or even hope…
…to be able to please every reader.
And I do not count words as I write.
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If You Are Younger Than About 35…
We as Americans among ourselves may at times forget – or we are MANIPULATED into forgetting by demagogues such as the soon to be ex-president – that we have more in common than we may realize.
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A Distant Horizon
I hope you go to Eternity thinking, “Yeh, that bastard Robert was right.” Damn straight. I do know a helluva lot more about it than you and your ilk do.
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On A Scroll
I have spent a lot of time recently staring at and frantically typing more of the new manuscript. One thing I have learned since 2013 is that there is no easy way to write a novel. Don’t believe anyone who tells you it is not a big effort.
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Half A Decade Ago
I took a moment to be alone with her: I kissed her now lifeless forehead, and paused as I thought briefly on how while her troubles were mercifully over our lives going forward would never be the same…
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Lost In “The Crowd?”
This post is perhaps mostly for you other author “nerds” out there, I guess. I am sure you have your opinion on this too. I hope, though, others of you might find it interesting, of course.
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Extraordinary Times
Given my relatively low author profile, when I think about it I am awestruck at how many of my books have been bought over the years. But this 2020 is not just any year; these are extraordinary times.
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