Who Doesn’t Like to Read?
Sometimes being an avid reader begins or ends in childhood…(click post title for video).
The Darkwater Liar’s Account as The Next Big Thing
Thanks to Kourtney Heintz for nominating me for The Next Big Thing blog award. She has inspired me to keep standing up when rejections smack me down. Thanks, Coach. I look forward to reading some…
Back in the Game, by Charles Holdefer: a Reader’s Review
Stanley Mercer might be called an accidental teacher. After fourteen years of pursuing his youthful dream of professional baseball through the U.S., Mexico and France, he returns to America, without success or his girlfriend, Delphine….
The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.
This review is based on a pre-release reading of the uncorrected, “galley” proof provided to me by goodreads. Novel Release Date: June 5, 2012. I just finished an early taste of summer vacation, with a…
A Skunk, Google Earth and an Anvil Salesman
Scene One: Goodhusband is making toast in the kitchen. “What’s that smell?” “A smell?” I concentrate and sniff. Nothing but toast. Gilda the white WunderSchnauzer paces at our glass patio door, sliding her nose along…
Will You Like Her?
The protagonist in the novel I’m editing has likeable qualities. If she were perfect, though, one couldn’t imagine her as a real person. It does make me wonder…how much does a reader need to love…
On Paper Wings
Have you ever read stories that resound with syncopation and flutter in your imagination? With pleasure that is almost painful? I have. Marly Swick was one of my creative writing instructors when I completed my…
In a Grotesque, Yet Spiritual Place
Today, while bloghopping, I found a site where a Christian author, a year or so ago, had invited his readers to consider why Flannery O’Connor is so often disliked by Christian readers and writers. He…
Just as She Wrote It
What is that handwriting? Good question. This is a scan of one page of my Grandma Laura Feess’s ledger, a thin but treasured volume that my Mom recently shared with me. As a young wife…
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