Writers Wanted
Writing for a Cause Emerging and experienced writers alike, we're all wanting our work to gain exposure and recognition (and yes, a good living from our craft would be [...]
Meet Anne Maclachlan: Writer, Editor, Ghost
Are you looking for a relevant, engaging article for your website or publication? Need a press release written quickly? Are you an independent author looking for a freelance editor to [...]
Adventures on the Colorado Wine Route
Twenty-five years ago Bob and I wrote Rocky Mountain Wineries; a travel guide to the wayside vineyards. When the book went to press in 1994 there were forty-nine wineries in the [...]
China’s Mother Road
..."You see," says Li... "We want to live. Right now we are just shengcun. We are just surviving. We want to shenghuo. We want to live! You know? We want [...]
Adventures in reading: Stories from Nagovisi
A Red Woman Was Crying by Don Mitchell My rating: 5 of 5 stars I stumbled upon this collection of linked short stories at a bookstore in Hilo and [...]
No trick-or-treat –it’s the night of the hungry ghosts
October 19, 2016: Here in the U.S. we're in full Halloween mode with last year's zombie get-ups and this year's creepy clown scare. In the American Southwest, Dia de Muertos [...]
The power of Setting in fiction
I'm reading Birds Without Wings, by Louis de Bernieres -- a novel I chose partly because I enjoyed Corelli’s Mandolin and partly because the particular setting is one I know [...]
Weymouth’s First Maritime Literary Festival March 12-13 2016
I'm looking forward to attending England's first maritime literary festival and meeting up with many of my nautical writer friends and acquaintances, and hopefully making new ones. Organized by James [...]
Bad choices make good fiction
Bad choices -- we've all made them and they can affect our lives and the lives of others for years to come. Delayed repercussions can knock you to the ground [...]
Land’s End
Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii, my private writer's retreat. Water covers about three-quarters of our planet's surface. Most of us find ourselves drawn to the seashore, if not [...]