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Culture, fiction, Nonfiction, reading, Uncategorized, Writing

To All the Books I’ve Loved, and a Few I Didn’t… 2021 Edition

“If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it’s probably because at some level you find ‘reality’ a bit of a disappointment.” ― Joe Queenan, One for the Books The central theme in my reading over the past year has been crime. Reviewing my lists and checking them twice, I appear to have immersed myself in Celtic crime fiction. Literally, consuming … Continue reading To All the Books I’ve Loved, and a Few I Didn’t… 2021 Edition

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fiction, Nonfiction, reading, Writing

To All the Books I’ve Loved… 2019 Edition

Books are a uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King When I’m not here, pouring out my inner most thoughts to the cyber-universe, I may be found writing horror and crime fiction. Not the sort of sleep-killing, eight figure advance generating blockbusters Master King composes, but the variety that expel and manage my various demons and entertain… and horrify my friends and companions. A few weeks … Continue reading To All the Books I’ve Loved… 2019 Edition

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Mysteries, reading, Writing

Tana French… Who really cares who done it?

The Secret Place, Tana French’s fifth novel details a murder at a girl’s school while exploring relationships among several teenage girls and the magic that exists in formative friendships. Carole, my co-conspirator in The Book Club of Two suggested it. In spite of abundant American slang peppering the dialogue, The Secret Place was more than a police procedural, more than Celtic noir or crime fiction. … Continue reading Tana French… Who really cares who done it?

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Nanowrimo, reading, Uncategorized, Writing

The Art of Nanowrimo… 50K in Thirty Days or Bust

It’s Sunday evening. I’m at Flying Star, keyboard open, fingers poised. Several other writers sit at tables close by. We all pluck away at the keys, some of us eating and drinking, others whole-heartedly focused on that next great sentence, that next pivotal scene, as we make our way toward 50,000 words in thirty days. For those unfamiliar with Nanowrimo, it is National Novel Writing Month. … Continue reading The Art of Nanowrimo… 50K in Thirty Days or Bust

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