NO LAUGHING MATTER One of the most important magazines a person is asked to read also among the dullest. I’m speaking of the voters’ pamphlet. I found one stuffed into my mailbox recently and frankly, I’d rather read the advertisements on my packet of toilet paper than sort thro

Two wonderful things happened this past week.  I signed my book contract with the publisher for my 3rd novel, Trompe l’Oeil (to fool the eye).  It will be out in October of this year. The second great piece of news is that my novelette, “Marie Eau-Claire” was sold and is due

When was the last time you curled up with the voter’s manual?  My confession on Monday’s blog.

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS Why can’t computer and software designers learn to be more human? It’s my business they want, isn’t it? Then why don’t they learn to communicate as humans.and in English, preferably. If I were President if the United States, I’d deal with il

SWEET BIRD OF SUCCESS Yet another book on creativity has broken into print. It’s called “Imagine” and is written by the “Wall Street Journal’s” brain science columnist, Jonah Lehrer. His thesis is one I’ve discussed on this blog before: that creativity serves us best wh

Happy to announce that my 3rd novel, Trompe l’Oeil has received a publishing contract.  It will be out in October.  In the meantime, Gothic Spring is available and going strong.  Still time to get a copy of it either in print or e-book.  Direct purchase links are on the blog sit

Glad I found you and keep ‘em coming.

A LESSON IN VOYEURISM  I don’t read much biography, I admit. My taste in non-fiction runs to science or politics or finance. Those few I have read are eclectic: Count Cagliostro, Rasputin and even the 600 page tome on Emily Post’s life.  Still, I hovered over a puff piece recent

THE CORSET OF WORD COUNT In my heart of hearts, I’d like to self-publish my work. I don’t mean wrangling with Amazon or some other self-publishing outfit. I’d like to own a printing press and I’d like to control my distribution. That’s all another way of saying I want the b

A GIFT FROM SHAKESPEARE In 1616, on this day, William Shakespeare died. If, by some miracle he had survived, today he’d be 448 years old. Of course, we all know Shakespeare survives through his art, beautifully written plays and poetry that have become part of western culture’s D