When a relative – the same one I’d mentioned last week – messaged me yesterday through Instagram that she wanted me to suggest which of my novels she might read first, I had no choice really. I had to talk about them directly…
“Elevator Pitch” Time
Paperback Tolstoy
I recall being assigned it in graduate school (too long ago now) in a course on Russian government/history. (There’s a real shocker, eh?)
Yourself And Your Other Self
So much for “privacy,” and “controlling” and “protecting” your personal data, eh?
Creatively Speaking
Remember Jane Austen, for one, certainly did not possess any degree; she barely even set a foot in what we consider a school.
Writer From “East Nowhere”
We want to do it because we love it and hope readers will love what we do; when you love something the rational goes out the window; we are sure the next book will be THE BOOK…
As The World Turns
As the world turns. A blog post is often how I start my day, and by 9 or 10 AM I am often immersed in what I am supposed to be writing for eventual novel publication.
The Final Words
Novels are (to me) about a snapshot in time. Readers are dropped among “these people” for perhaps hundreds of pages. Abruptly they are then dragged away and are now unable to witness the goings on any longer.
What Price Is Yours?
Being pursued by the head of a major film studio desperate to buy the rights to your book would be “a problem” most writers would love to have.
New York Travel “Shorts”
Hello from the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. We made it…
Time For A Break
Thank you for these five years, and many best wishes, wherever you are in our world. 🙂
The Joys Of Reading
I present myself on here, note my books, and share insights and bits of my writing. You may choose to read one (or more) of my books. Or you may choose not to do so.
One Massive Paperback: “Trilogy: Passports, Frontiers, Distances”
Above all, I thank you for your support over these last five years.
Trapped In A Minefield
I write this post to vent about this because recently I have been getting *extremely* negative feedback from a family member about my author Instagram page…
A “Good Morning” Talk
Authors of serious fiction can’t just roll them out to order for the holiday season. I’m not Sears… oh, wait, that may not have been the best comparison.
An Afternoon Of Sex, Violence, And “A Ping”
Nothing scares me as an author more than writing two things: sex and violence. And I was writing a bit of both yesterday. So I was a mess…
