SO, HOW DO YOUR CHARACTERS GRAB YOU?
It’s been said—and not just by me—that every fictional character must own a grand and lovely stash of personal secrets.
Trip of a Young Man to Indian Territory
When a Native American decides to share his or her medicine, that’s a gift one should never take lightly.
On the Trail of Green Stars
A bronze plaque held aloft in the tail flippers of a harbor seal was a sight that both pleased and startled me.
How to Invent a Catastrophe
Any writer attempting to complete a thriller in our way-wacko year of 2020 had to face a rather high bar.
Agency in Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”
The main thing those two crazy kids in Verona just absolutely had to have was a fair chance to find true love. But they got stymied by their crude, violent, chaotic city. Verona seems, “A town without pity…” as an ol’ American pop tune spins it.
