Smorgasbord is “a wide range of something”, a something author Elizabeth Hay delivers with panache in her Giller award winning novel, Late Nights On Air. She’s given me much food…
A Literary Smorgasbord
What Is It About Guns?
I’m an optimist by nature, so this has been a hard post to write. And I’m sorry for getting off the writing track here. But the senseless killings at the…
Following Your Dreams or What I Learned From Watching Nik Wallenda
One Man’s Dreams I learned a lot about following your dreams when I watched Nik Wallenda cross Niagara Falls. It was a nail biting experience, even though I watched the…
Illustrious Poetry in New York’s KGB Bar
Taras Shevchenko was a political poet, during the Tsarist regime in Russia in the latter half of the 19th century. He illuminated through his poetry the plight of the Ukrainian…
Steps To Publishing Success or What I Learned from Author, Catherine Knutsson
Since completing my novel, I’ve been busy learning the steps to publishing success. Step 1. I know the importance of story first. A good story, that is. One with a…
A Young Woman’s Remarkable Journey To Find Herself
It’s not often you read a book that gets you thinking about your own life’s choices. MY MAASAI LIFE by Robin Wiszowaty is that kind of book. Disillusioned, lost, and…
Gay or Straight – What Does It Matter?
I’ve been distracted from my writing lately by all the media brouhaha about same-sex marriage. Unless you’ve been in a coma, or otherwise unavailable, you’ve heard that Joe Biden, vice-president…
The New Publishing Universe
On a recent trip to New York, one of the places my husband and I passed by on our daily walks was Random House, one of the Big Six in…
Rebirth of a Masterpiece – Death of a Salesman
Every once in awhile, a piece of writing sets itself apart from the others in its brilliance. The play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, written in 1949, is…
Life Lessons in the Garden
When I was a young girl, I watched my mother plant red salvia and white allysum on both sides of our front walk. At the time, I didn’t appreciate what…