First Book Up: Goodreads Book Giveaway Esmirana’s Trunk by Mark Stattelman Giveaway ends February 07, 2021. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway A mix of stories. Think Alfred Hitchcock, Ruth Rendell, Daphne du Maurier, and the Twilight Zone, along with a tale similar …
Read MoreEdward Hopper’s Nighthawks, where paint and pen intersect. Hopper paintings as inspiration!
Nighthawks is probably Edward Hopper’s most well-known painting. Just about everyone seems to be familiar with it. It is one of my favorites. His many other works are just as intriguing, however. What is it? What draws us in? The people depicted in the paintings …
Read MoreRevamped! Renewed! Updated! As of Jan 1, 2021. But I’m feeling bad about it!
Spent the past couple of days updating. Finished New Year’s Eve, and got both the paperback and the ebook done and uploaded to Amazon. The update was long overdue. The section on Microsoft Word was still good and solid. It was just the small section …
Read MoreWriting equals Happiness and Sanity. Not writing . . . well, that’s the opposite.
There’s a restlessness, a nervousness, and an edgy sort of despair that creeps in when I haven’t written for a period of time. I become irritable. I become anxious and unsure about dealing with the world around me. I’m not sure if all writers go …
Read MoreFor the Love of Books!
I just cant Help it. I haven’t done much writing lately . . . But, I’ve watched a couple of interesting documentaries: The Booksellers Out of Print The two documentaries listed above are pretty interesting (if you are a booklover anyway). They are both available …
Read MoreThank You Canada.
For one brief, shining moment I had the thrill of climbing up on a best seller list. I noticed last week, looking at my Amazon author dashboard, that I had a jump in Canadian royalties. It took me a minute or so to figure out …
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