Imagining All Summer in a Day
“‘Ready?’ ‘Ready.’ ‘Now?’ ‘Soon.’ ‘Do the scientists really know? Will it happen today, will it?’ ‘Look, look; see for yourself!’ The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering…
Inside and Outside the Box
Despite rumors to the contrary, this writer has not been captured in or sealed in a box. Rather, I’m recuperating after a beneficial surgery. Before I raise further alarm (or indifference, which I fear more)…
Being Ourselves, Only Better
I know people who make New Year’s Resolutions. I even know one person who holds herself accountable, month by month, and publishes her progress or lack thereof. (I won’t call you out…you know who you…
Who Doesn’t Like to Read?
Sometimes being an avid reader begins or ends in childhood…(click post title for video).
“Change of Life”
I invite you to subscribe to or purchase a copy of The Examined Life Journal, a a thoughtful and interesting publication that considers human needs and experiences of health and suffering. Thanks to them for…
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…
Short Attention Span Summer Fiction
Our Iowa summer days seemed long and hot, due to drought, but the season stopped short of our expectations for rainfall and yield. It also held a few surprises. That’s not a cloud towering over…
Considering the Writer’s Life
Summer’s leaving. We’re experiencing a drought here, as are most of the Great Plains states. Of course, this has nothing to do with my infrequent blog posting these days. I am well-watered and fed, unlike…
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….
Research and Information, the Old, Hard Way
In research for my fiction writing, I use primary sources when available. The internet is a wonderful thing but there are a lot of opinions flashing around, impersonating facts. Because of blatant plagiarism, bias and…
In My Mind's Eye: Images of My Upcoming Novel... The Darkwater Liar's Account
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