For the first time, I’ve got stories available for the Kindle and NOOK. (Versions for the iPad and other formats will follow soon.) Beloved After David slays Goliath, he falls head over heels in love with himself. But he’s not alone. King Saul’s daughter Michal intends to become his wife even if her father offers […]
Watch that spellchecker
I had a run-in with Microsoft Word’s spellchecker today while working on a chapter in my latest novel. My villain referred to my hero as a little pissant, but the spellchecker auto-corrected that to a little puissant. I’m sure all of you know what a pissant is. Some of you may even thing I’m one. But here’s […]
Cracking the Ice – blurb #1
Every writer hopes to adorn the cover of his book with a glowing quote from another writer, the more prominent and respected the better. I’ve been collecting these “blurbs” for Cracking the Ice and figure it’s time to start sharing them. So here’s the first one. Joyce Carol Thomas has a list of awards that makes you shake your […]
Vanity Fair used to annoy me but not anymore
There’s something wrong about a magazine having its Table of Contents on page 38 and what’s more, it not being a complete table but rather one that just lists the feature stories. If you want a listing of the columns — and yes, it was a column I was looking for in Vanity Fair — you […]
Believe in miracles?
According to a friend on Facebook (I’m too lazy to look it up), 73 percent of people polled by Newsweek thought the question, “Do you believe in miracles,” was a good question for a first date. My thought is that it’s a matter of context. It all depends on whether it’s a reference to religion, the 1980 Olympic […]
A crash in the night
I woke up at 2:59 this morning to a loud crash. I thought sure someone was in the house but my search (wielding, of course, a fearsome steak knife) turned up nothing. Some detective work after I got up concluded that it must have been snow avalanching off the back roof onto the bulkhead. But I can’t […]