PROFESSIONAL ENVY A few years ago I picked up a used paperback for a dollar. The book was “The Drowning People” and was written by Richard Mason. It was a gothic tale by this young Englishman who had yet to graduate from university. I remember the pang of envy that ran thr
BANSHEES AND SELKIES AND LEPRECHAUNS, OH MY! Barbara G. Walker is a woman who has written several interesting books on myth, culture and women’s history. Her definitive work, “The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects” is a classic. Two other works, “T
Heart Land, a coming of age story set in rural American in 1939 has been in publication for about a year and a half. I’m happy to announce that the British Publisher has decided sales have been good enough to warrant putting the book on Kindle. It should be up for electroni
A JOURNEY – FROM THE REFRIGERATOR TO THE LIBRARY One of the great frustrations in my life is that too many books are being published that I’d like to read but don’t have the time. My refrigerator door is dotted with lists of titles I intend to buy, so many of them that they blot
Just wanted folks to know that my first novel, Heart Land has sold well enough for the British publisher to decided to put it on kindle. Heart Land will be avaiable as an electronic book in a few days. Some of you have been kind enough to write to tell me how much you enjoyed the
WORDS – A WHALE OF A PROBLEM Years ago, I read an article which left a lasting impression on me. It discussed how the ambiguity of words can create problems in interpretations. For example, the word for whale in the ancient Aramaic language was the same word used to mean that someo
A MODEST REBELLION One of my publishers has gone out of business, so I’ve decided to seek another for the book that was to have been issued in September. To that end, I sent out a query letter to another small press. They replied promptly and I intended to do the same. Then I read t