FACEBOOK reminded me that two years ago today, I posted the following: When is losing like winning? When there are 1300 entries and your story makes the top 45! The story, When Walls Weep, is excerpted in part from an unpublished novel, One for the Ark, and placed on the long list for the Raymond […]
The Democratic National Convention starts today and you know that Daphne would love to be there, if she could. Thomas, of course, was probably at last week’s convention, but only for purposes of hobnobbing with his fellow State party leaders. You’ll understand soon enough: at election time, Mayor Thomas Donaldson, a moderate conservative, and his […]
Mayor Thomas Donaldson of Stirling, Wisconsin faces a number of fascinating issues in his small, moderately conservative, moderately religious town, not the least of which is the occasional friendly opposition of his liberal feminist wife, Daphne.
Did you know yesterday, July 11, when I meant to post this, was International Town Crier’s Day, a day organized in Canada to honor “the ancient and honorable art and tradition of town crying and the significant contribution town criers make to promoting their towns and cities.” Modern blogging is akin to town crying, usually […]
We’re a few months away from the publication of my fourth novel, ONE FOR THE ARK. I won’t use “fourth” as a segue here (that would be cheesy), but I will take this opportunity to be grateful for freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom of religion, all of which come into play […]
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who voted for SALUTING THE SUN for Readers Choice. We had more than 80 votes, the most in my category I think (General Fiction). The winner was in the Literary Fiction category, a novel by a professor at Gonzaga, with a whopping 466 votes. The “judged” part of the contest will […]
Please vote for SALUTING THE SUN for the Foreword Reviews’ IndieFabFave Readers Choice Award. This is a separate award from the Book of the Year, for which STS is a national finalist. Here’s what you can do to help me when this portion of the contest: Go to the 2015 IndieFab Foreword Reviews Finalists […]
My law school roommate clipped this story for me from the Chicago Tribune. A religious icon weeping oil…a miracle not unlike that in my forthcoming novel, ONE FOR THE ARK.
January 15, 2106–We’ve been at this writing thing together for more than three years now, a total of 43 columns so far, and I hope you are near the end of your first novel — or at least the end of your first draft of your first novel. This is the point when […]
Foreword Reviews just named SALUTING THE SUN one of 16 finalists for their INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. (Winner announced in June.) A total of 1500 entrants, so pretty cool. If you haven’t read WARMING UP or SALUTING THE SUN, now would be a great time to read and to post a review!! Both are […]