Standing in front of my son’s school waiting for the kiddo’s release, I was surprised when a woman started talking to me. No hesitation or…I don’t know how to describe it, but she spoke with honesty and true enthusiasm in her voice. I’m used to those who may make a comment because they feel it […]
My Words of Encouragement
“Do not define yourself by what you perceive as your own failure based on someone else’s announced successes. That you thought, that you considered and reasoned and worried and hoped, shows how much heart you really have, because you care. Not just about yourself, but about the world around you, and how you are perceived, […]
Review: “Fever Dream” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Before I’d read any book by the Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child writing team, I’d seen the film “The Relic”. It was pretty good, if a bit fantastical for a prehistoric type creature to stampede a museum in that way. I didn’t think anything else about, nor did I buy the DVD or try to […]
Review: “Song on the Sand” by Ruth Sims
Brilliant was the first word that came to mind after reading Song on the Sand by Ruth Sims, then it took some moments for me to try to bring together exactly why, because so many elements of the story are outstanding: wry wit, believable conflict both internal and external, a sympathy with the characters, all […]
Herr Zug and “Night Shift”
Like every story I’ve ever written there is a strong aspect of myself in “Night Shift”. A situation I experienced, and even more specifically, someone whom I’ve met, who became a character. In this case it was Derrik Lehmann. It was my first time in Berlin, I was riding the S-bahn having pulled out of […]
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