Meet and Greet, New England Mobile Book Fair, December 14, 2019
“The Winship Affair” Reviewed at Horizon East Book Club
I’ve been informed that my novel The Winship Affair will be the featured book read for a women’s book club that meets in members’ homes in the condo complex where I live. I have been invited to attend their meeting in January (the only male in attendance?) as they meet to discuss my book.
(This might pose a dilemma for some of the participants: how easy will it be for them to critically discuss the book while their neighbor-author is in attendance?)
“How to Write Good”
Old School
Entry Submission to London Independent Story Prize Competition
Today I submitted one of my short stories to the London Independent Story Prize competition. The story is entitled “The Sincerest Form of Flattery.”
“Certainly the game is rigged. Don’t let that stop you; if you don’t bet you can’t win.” — Robert A. Heinlein
Parrot Tales
Seeing this Facebook post reminded me of a short story I wrote back in May, 2014 entitled “Bird Job.”
Michael C. Keith on Poet to Poet, Writer to Writer
My friend, Michael C. Keith, appeared last week on Doug Holder’s Poet to Poet, Writer to Writer series on Somerville Community Access TV. The YouTube interview can be viewed at <https://somerville.vod.castus.tv/vod/?video=335e1fa6-690b-4b41-a051-06dba351f965&nav=recent>.
Big Bird
If you’ve read the manuscript for my upcoming Carrie Bloomfield novel “Uncontacted Frontier” you’ll know the Harpy Eagle figures prominently in the story plot:
Helltown Chronicles Highlighted on Snowflakes in a Blizzard, August 13, 2019
This week’s issue of Snowflakes in a Blizzard highlights my 2017 horror-thriller, “Helltown Chronicles”: