Cheers! Celebrating The Best News Of The Week

A medical study out of Denmark provided the best news of the week for me. Yes, you read that right. A medical study made the top spot — even though there was a lot of good news from which to choose (think: failure of Republicans’ grotesque efforts to pass a bill depriving 22 million Americans of health insurance; also the revelation by the new White House Communications Director, in profanity-strewn language, that “back (and front) -stabbing” is alive and well in the Trump White House.) Continue reading “Cheers! Celebrating The Best News Of The Week”

When A Writer Has “All The Time In The World”

 

When you’re retired, or no longer have, or need the day job that was standing in your way of “writing the novel” you wake up each morning knowing you have “all the time in the world” to get to your laptop or yellow legal pad.

That’s the first mistake you make because of course other things get in the way, and suddenly it’s 6 p.m. And you don’t have all the time in the world because now it’s time for cocktails, and another day has flown by and you didn’t write a single word! Continue reading “When A Writer Has “All The Time In The World””

How To Stick To A Writing Routine When You’re NOT A Famous Author

Literary gossip has it that William Faulkner chopped off the bottom of his study door and had all his meals passed to him under the door when he was writing;  poet and playwright, Edna Vincent Millay wrote in a cottage on her property, and hung a white flag out of the window to get her husband’s attention whenever she needed something. Continue reading “How To Stick To A Writing Routine When You’re NOT A Famous Author”

Writing The Ultimate Page -Turning Thriller

 Of the following, please check which one applies to you: a) I want to write  a page-turner that will keep my readers up all night; b) I want to read the hottest “serial-killer” thriller of the Summer;  c) Both of the above.  Whichever option you chose, The Fourth Monkey by J.D.Barker is a MUST read for you. Continue reading “Writing The Ultimate Page -Turning Thriller”

Happy Birthday, America

It’s Squib Saturday. Time to share the most interesting, most outrageous, or most entertaining tidbits of information gleaned from all the stuff I’ve read –or seen — or done.  This week: A Love Letter to My Adopted Country

On August 31, I will celebrate another anniversary as an American citizen — my 16th. A year ago, I wrote about the anniversary in joyous terms. The last year has severely tested my profound love for this country. Continue reading “Happy Birthday, America”