Exciting News
My publisher, Five Star/Gale just offered a contract for my third novel! -- Drum roll please for MOONGLADE - Maine Shore Chronicles. It is the sequel to Finding Fiona - Maine Shore Chronicles, and actually the second book in what I hope to be a trilogy. If you haven't read Finding Fiona, do check out my Author Page. Moonglade begins where Finding Fiona left off. More exciting adventures ...
Twilight - a review
“When you can live forever, what do you live for?” Above is the official tag line of the movie, Twilight. The book is the 1st installment in the Twilight Saga, written by Stephenie Meyer. Twilight is a story of cross-starred lovers, Edward and Bella. Edward happens to be an almost-all-too-perfect vampire and Bella, an ordinary human (Well, actually she isn’t. Read Breaking Dawn, the ...
The world of change is a fantasy!
It's a fantasy, alright! Two 21-year-old gals who met online in a discussion about the fantasy genre have authored a 400-page novel together ("Online collaboration lands young authors book deal," by Murray Langdon, http://www.globeandmail.com/, June 26, 2008). Right across the U.S. border, no visas or passports required. Danielle Bennett, from Victoria, B.C., and Jaida Jones from New ...
Small Business
The idea was to grab a table outside the French Hotel’s café, when Berkeley shut down Shattuck Avenue, between Cedar and Rose, for its Spice of Life Festival and compete with the Thai barbecue and 600 thread Egyptian sheets for the celebrants’ discretionary dollars by peddling my books. But I was having second thoughts. "It seems a little pushy," I said."How would you ...
Busy Making Other Plans: What Failed Dreams,...
I’ll admit it. One of the things I love about Facebook is that it gives me the impression of being in contact with so many people from all phases of my life–elementary school classmates, lost friends from high school, college comrades who fought the good fight alongside me or worked at the Kresge Food Co-op with me or studied women with me (in class, you know), exes and colleagues and ...
I heart my editor
I just finished a session with my editor on "Prisoner's Dilemma." He is very logical, and I am not. He reordered two pieces to highlight the thematic counterpoint, and cut a phrase in a poem that sounded good but meant very little, and I was glad for his eye. It always interests me to hear what another person takes away from a collection, and I really liked his interpretation of ...
Bog Walk and thoughts
I just got back from my walk in the bog and want to write it down, before I forget. I am fortunate to live about a five minute drive from the bog. Today the bog landscape was the colour of a rusty tricycle or a womans auburn hair glinting in the sunshine. The sky was blue with only a distant rain shower falling beyond, over the Burren. I commented to myself that one of the Aran Islands ...
important questions
In a comment to a post, James Whyle wrote that “theatre is ritual,” and that its purpose is to remind us of the important questions. See the thread. There have been a number of posts on Red Room over the months wondering about the purpose of art and art-making. This is an old, on-going, conversation, and no one answer is The Answer. However, my what's-true-for-me answer resonates with ...
"Atheist Bus Campaign" rolls in England. (Doubt...
“There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” The Atheist Bus Campaign rolls out today in London.
