Lou Christopher’s wife Maggie plays a big role in my novel A Bridge to Treachery. It’s a role that grew exponentially from the moment she was given her own POV, because she provides a relentlessly practical approach to solving dilemmas at the same time that she holds on to her love for Lou. Maggie has […]
Tag: Larry Crane
The Winter Solstice at Cape Newagen
The Winter Solstice officially arrived a little after six this morning. I was awake but I didn’t see the sunrise. Our house is positioned so that as you look out the windows towards the ocean, you are looking generally southwest. This evening, I’ll be able to view the sunset if there is no fog. One […]
The baby on our doorstep – a video rescue story.
You can’t imagine how surprised and delighted we were to find a Great Horned Owl chick on our back porch one morning. We still can’t figure out how it got there. We never saw a nest or any other indication that there was a owl pair hanging out close by. But… well, watch the video! […]
I managed to get in under the submission deadline, but is the play any good?
The Deadline for Submitting a Play for the Maine Playwrights Festival has Come and Gone. I was so preoccupied with social media activities that it creeped up on me before I knew it. When I finally woke up, I had about ten days to come up with something to submit. Who says I have […]
I know what I like in fiction. So, leave me alone.
The question of what comes first, the novel or the genre, has a lot of implications for the way a full length prose composition unfolds. On October 31, 2012, I wrote a guest post for Maria D. and her blog, Queen of the Night Reviews, in which I explored some of these. I started the […]
The Sunshine Blogger Award
I am proud to announce that I have become an award winning blogger! Fellow blogger Jeri Walker-Bickett has awarded me The Sunshine Blogger Award. Thanks Jeri. It is my honor to be recognized as a “blogger who positively and creatively inspires others in the blogosphere.” Jeri is the indefatigable presence behind her blog: “Jeri WB […]
Ten Novels Right for Me at the Time
Novels That Were Right for Me at the Time This post originated as a guest post during my November Book Tour with Innovative Online Book Tours. The stop was at Hooks and Book, a blog run by Erin Maurer. Rather than posting about my favorite books, I thought it might be more interesting to list […]
A Father to Baseball – By Doug Glanville
Doug Glanville, ex-major leaguer who played for the Phillies among other teams writes beautifully about the game of professional baseball. NY Times Article
Random Effects of Ratings on eBook Sales. What’s luck got to do with it?
Well… the answer may well be: a lot! This fact emerged from experiments carried out by sociologists Duncan J. Watts, Mathew Sagalnik and Peter Dodds which Watts described in his 2011 book, “Everything is Obvious* (*Once You Know the Answer)”. Their work focuses on online markets. This post of mine is based on Robert H. […]
Review of Venceremos by Howard Waxman
Venceremos by Howard Waxman My rating: 4 of 5 starsI discovered Venceremos in the Book Section of the Portland Press Herald. Howard Waxman is from Bath, a neighboring town. Most of all though, I was attracted to the novel because of its subject matter – the late 60’s early 70’s years when young men had […]