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

A HEARTFELT INTRODUCTION I want to tip my hat to the friend who introduced me to the science fiction writer, C. L. Moore. Settling down with any new artist always involves a series of questions. Is the author any good?  Will the book provide a new experience or idea? Will it take

THE ART OF STOPPING TIME Some time ago, I wrote a post about finding a ticket in a library book with a list of mystery stories checked out by another patron. Being unfamiliar with the authors, I started to explore their work.This week, I’ve begun with Anne Purser’s Ivy Beasley se

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THE GAME OF LIFE A friend of mine wrote a general announcement on her Facebook page that she was dropping out of all the games she’d been playing at the site. She wants to spend more time meditating and getting in touch with her life. One can sympathize with her ambition. Or is it a

SOME MILK FOR THOUGHT Learning about the history of words can be as fascinating as Robert Landon’s quest for truth in “The Da Vinci Code.”  Just as rumors and mythshave a life of their own, words do as well, changing with the advent of technology, religious precepts and politic