Love and Healing
Many believe that love heals all. But what sort of love? Whose love? Romance is a blush of blossoms with instant power that must mature or perish. What may be…
Favourite Characters
Readers have favourite characters, as the many Outlander fan groups prove. But authors do, as well: that one man or woman who colours a writer's inner world enough to urge…
Change of Habits
To now, my blog has contained weekly posts. But life is changing and I need more time for other projects; so, I'll be posting less often from here on out,…
David R. Hawkins
Strictly non-fiction, David R. Hawkins's works teach us who we really are, where we come from, and what brought us to our current condition, whatever that may be. Power Vs.…
Peter Robinson
If you enjoy England and crime stories, you'll want to read Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks Mysteries. Though an older book, Wednesday's Child has a timely topic: child abduction and abuse.…
Lewis Carroll
Funny enough, I never read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass as a child. But I happened upon a Bantam Classic book that comprised both, recently, and sat…
STEVE BERRY
The Emperor's Tomb takes the reader from Denmark to Belgium to Vietnam to China, following a former American agent and his friend, a wealthy woman with a passion for archaeology…
DAN BROWN
I've featured Dan Brown's work before, but The Lost Symbol bears special consideration. Even the cover hints at the complex layers of symbols and meanings found throughout the story: When…
JUDITH MILLAR
Most of the books we read are mass produced by large companies like Harlequin, Dell, Penguin, and so on. Some may have been published by smaller companies like Medallion Press…
Evolution of an Idea
"Where are my socks?" Those were the first words of the original version of Citizen Marg, written in 2012 and unpublished. The story sat for years in my "done" box,…