Hello Dear A Writer’s Life Readers, I realize I have been away for too much time, of late, and I hope this opening section of my current Work In Progress, The Play (The Queen’s Idle Fancy), tides you over. I’m having a blast sorting through the history of this forbidden and condemned play, almost lost…
I only got this close to Stephen Amell’s Arrow . . . this image from one of the thousands of t-shirts being sold: The Emerald City Comic Con came and went with such laughter and frenetic memory whisperings. So many highlights . . . Like meeting comic book artist and legend Bob Layton in person.…
Hello everyone, if you’re in the Seattle area, and you’re lucky enough to have purchased an entry ticket, please know that I will be signing Sandcastle and Other Stories at the event. I will be there with three other authors on the third floor of the venue. M.E. Franco, James Peercy, and Amanda Huntley will…
There’s a cool site called Goodreads . . . and it may be my favorite site because it centers on books and the people who love reading books. Too many to mention (millions?), all kinds of books in varied genres are described there, and people are welcome to read and recommend good books to their…
I’m reading a little-known book written in 1895, The King in Yellow, a free public domain ebook on kindle, and it’s linked to the True Detective television series in the most interesting ways. The story is set in a future world of 1920 and centers on a book/play that makes people mad/insane after they read…
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I wanted to share a poem I place in my favorite poetry jar. I was writing away in the fiction department while Connie was splicing together her lines and phrasing in the poetry department of Bowling Green State University, creating depth out of striking verbal compositions. Not so long ago,…
I must’ve read Donna Tartt’s first grand-in-theme novel, The Secret History, three times so far in this lifetime (hehe), but resisted The Little Friend—boy was I a dunce. It’s just as terrific, and gothic, and lush. Can’t wait to read her new book, The Goldfinch. Tartt’s an author of twisty mysteries that dwell on…
In this new year, change is good. Helping spread the word about my thoughtful, and thought-provoking novella, The Conversationalist, Jade gets “the skinny” on my long story in seven chapters, smack in the heart of psychological thriller country, dating, bad dates, a gothic atmosphere, the foggy, misty San Juan Island area north of Seattle, stuck…
I love pop culture. Learning to read was only the beginning, and it ruined me in a good way . . . raised on television of the seventies, All in the Family, M*A*S*H, and reruns of the sixties, shows from Bewitched to Gilligan’s Island and the classic Star Trek episodes playing each post-schoolday afternoon, taught…
Well, this welcome news came in towards the end of last week, and in the writing life, these moments are few and far between. They wouldn’t be special otherwise, I suppose. The circuitous journey Sandcastle and Other Stories has taken thrills me to no end, and I am proud to announce that my little book…