English Mastiff breeders share a common anecdote: by the end of the second World War, the English Mastiff all but vanished from Britain. American breeders helped to revive the breed in England. This intrigued me. Plans for a historical novel … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2017
This series started on Oct. 15 and continues every other Saturday. I’m taking a trip back in time to my 4-month backpacking rambles around Greece in the early 1980s, which planted the seed for my recent novel The Ariadne Connection. … Continue reading
Love is one of the guiding principles of the human condition. Things have been done in the name of love – both great things and evil things – that defy explanation, or rationalization. Love is what love is, and when … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Closing out the topic of names (at least for now), let’s dig into how they get used. This is something I think Americans sometimes have trouble grasping, because our society … Continue reading
BVC member Phyllis Irene Radford and her collaborator Bob Brown announce that their anthology Alternative Truths from B Cubed Press, launched this morning with best-selling numbers on Amazon.com
Continue readingMany a writer I know claims that the best part of writing is rewriting – going back through the piece and making it work. Others hold out for writing the first draft. I think that is particularly true for those … Continue reading
This weekend past I was a reader at SF in SF, the San Francisco SF reading series. I like reading to an audience–I’m a lapsed Theatre major, and while I’m not a great actor, the opportunity to ham it up still appeals. … Continue reading
Chemistry of Magic Unexpected Magic 5 by Patricia Rice Diagnosed with consumption, Viscount “Devil” Dare knows his days are numbered. With his greedy cousin scheming to throw Dare’s mother and sisters out of their home after his death, he can … Continue reading
In the past week I’ve read three books with wholly unsatisfying ending. Each one left me hugely irritated and by the third–I’m just plain pissed off. These three books were romances. Now one of the reasons I was reading them … Continue reading
by Brenda W. Clough The farce is one of the most ancient forms of drama. I am certain that Plato sat in the amphitheater in Athens and watched slamming doors and actors chasing each other around the stage socking each … Continue reading