All the world’s a stage . . . and Shakespeare knew this best. Today’s chapter begins with his poem about this stage, the theater, the players, and shadows the creation of today’s chapter. One of the characters in The Play (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) is being charmed, cajoled . . . conjured. “We are all demonic!”—Queen…
Dear readers, with so much to accomplish this week , I barely had time to study where my characters were leading me, twisting into the meeting at the Belloon house, a couple whom Roger knew needed to be convinced that the play must be produced for the upcoming theatrical season . . . Roger is…
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.…
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 love studying the hubris of man, how we rise and fall throughout our lives—me included. I also love to observe people, listen to what they are saying to each other in a group or how someone speaks to someone on a cell phone out in the open. Usually this bugs others, but at times…
My first book, Sandcastle and Other Stories, was published by Green Darner Press—please check out the beautiful paperback they created; it’s perfect for all readers from your literary hound to suspense junkies, thriller chillers, New Yorker types, down to high school short story lovers—and the responses I received over the past two years were energizing…
Well, this curious day has finally arrived: my second publication, The Conversationalist, a literary suspense eNovella, was published this very morning by Green Darner Press. The Conversationalist is a tale of yearning, a family struggle, a secret, attraction denied, and the singular dating style of a resident of Fidalgo Island with the name of Patrick.…
These three indie authors have many books out, and one has over ten. Each writer is different, writing in dissimilar genres, but closely linked in the psychology of their characters. I waited to tell everyone about them until I finished reading their work, and now they’ve written newer books—my night stand is happy. Talk about…
“Miss Jane Neal met her maker in the early morning mist of Thanksgiving Sunday. It was pretty much a surprise all round. Miss Neal’s was not a natural death, unless you’re of the belief everything happens as it’s supposed to. If so, for her seventy-six years Jane Neal had been walking toward this final moment…