“When Things Go Missing” Is Released! Another Dream Realized
My debut novel When Things Go Missing is finally, officially, published today! It is a creative endeavor long in the making that …
Tag Archives: Reading
My Lately: Book Launch, Reviews, & Backyard Bliss
Things have been crazy around here this summer, getting ready to launch my debut novel, as well as visits with …
Books that Changed My Life and the Way I Write
What books were most influential in shaping the way you think and write today? It’s a question I asked myself …
The Pieta & the Writer’s Palette
It’s been said that for the writer the blank page is our canvas and words our paint. But I don’t …
From Pete the Cat: It’s All Good
One of the joys of grandparenting is revisiting stories I loves to read my own children and sharing them with …
Five Debut Novels Worth Sampling
I’ve been putting together a reading list of recently published debut novels that have been making a splash in the …
Shogun VS. Lincoln in the Bardo
I have two books on my nightstand, Shogun by James Clavell and Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Both …
The “Willing Suspension of Disbelief” in Fiction and Film
What draws a reader into a story and compels her to keep tuning pages? This interests me both as a …
Speaking of Erotica . . .
. . . have you read anything hot lately? Perhaps it was the convergence of Valentine’s Day and the release …
Books I’ve Abandoned
Sad to say, but I abandon more books than I finish nowadays. I simply lose interest in them. I read a …
